The Pustinja Monastery ( sr, Манастир Пустиња, Manastir Pustinja) is a
Serbian Orthodox
The Serbian Orthodox Church ( sr-Cyrl, Српска православна црква, Srpska pravoslavna crkva) is one of the autocephalous (ecclesiastically independent) Eastern Orthodox Christian churches.
The majority of the population in ...
monastery in village Poćuta near
Valjevo
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in Central
Serbia
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.
According to local legends this monastery was built in the 13th century by
king Dragutin. Scientific researches found that the monastery was actually built in 1622 on the remnants of the older monastery which was built in the 11th century. The construction of the monastery has been completed on 25 June 1622.
Architecture
The monastery was built in the
Raška architectural school
Raška architectural school ( sr, Рашка школа архитeктуре), also known as the Raška style (Рашки стил, ''Raški stil''), or simply as the Raška school, is an ecclesiastical architectural style that flourished in the ...
. In terms of architectural and spatial traits, there is resemblance between the
Uvac Monastery
The Uvac Monastery ( sr, Манастир Увац) is a Serbian Orthodox monastery in western Serbia.
Architecture
The monastery was built in the Raška architectural school. In terms of architectural and spatial traits, there is resemblance b ...
, Church of the Annunciation Monastery in
Ovčar Banja, Pustinja Monastery,
Dobrilovina Monastery
The Dobrilovina Monastery ( sr, Манастир Добриловина, Manastir Dobrilovina) is a Serbian Orthodox monastery in Donja Dobrilovina, Mojkovac, northern Montenegro. It is located on the left Tara river banks, in a region known as ...
,
Majstorovina Monastery The Majstorovina Monastery ( sr, Манастир Мајсторовина, Manastir Majstorovina) is a Serbian Orthodox monastery located in the village of Majstorovina in Bijelo Polje, Montenegro. It includes the Church of the Holy Trinity, datin ...
,
Tronoša Monastery
The Tronoša Monastery ( sr, / ) is a Serbian Orthodox monastery between the villages of Tršić and Korenita, in the administrative town of Loznica, in western Serbia. It is ecclesiastically part of the Eparchy of Šabac. According to tradi ...
and others.
See also
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List of Serb Orthodox monasteries
This is a list of Serbian Orthodox Christian monasteries in Serbia and near areas (Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, North Macedonia, and Kosovo), also Romania, Hungary, Greece, Germany, United States of America, Canada, and Australi ...
References
External links
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Serbian Orthodox monasteries in Serbia
Architecture in Serbia
Cultural Monuments of Great Importance (Serbia)
1625 establishments in the Ottoman Empire
17th-century Serbian Orthodox church buildings
Nemanjić dynasty endowments