The St. Basil of Ostrog Monastery ( sr, Манастир Светог Василија Острошког, Manastir Svetog Vasilija Ostroškog) is a
Serbian Orthodox monastery dedicated to
Saint Basil of Ostrog
Saint Basil of Ostrog ( sr, Свети Василије Острошки/''Sveti Vasilije Ostroški'', , 28 December 1610 – 29 April 1671), also known as Vasilije, was a Serbian Orthodox bishop of Zahumlje who is venerated as a saint in the E ...
located in the village of Crnogorci near the town of
Imotski
Imotski (; it, Imoschi; lat, Emotha, later ''Imota'') is a small town on the northern side of the Biokovo massif in the Dalmatian Hinterland of southern Croatia, near the border with Bosnia and Herzegovina. Imotski, like the surrounding inland D ...
in
Dalmatia
Dalmatia (; hr, Dalmacija ; it, Dalmazia; see #Name, names in other languages) is one of the four historical region, historical regions of Croatia, alongside Croatia proper, Slavonia, and Istria. Dalmatia is a narrow belt of the east shore of ...
,
Croatia. The construction of the monastery began in 2005, and it had been suspended in 2006 after protests from the municipality of
Podbablje
Podbablje is a municipality in Croatia in the Split-Dalmatia County. It has a population of 4,904 (2001 census), 93.6% which are Croats
The Croats (; hr, Hrvati ) are a South Slavic ethnic group who share a common Croatian ancestry, cult ...
.
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 ...
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Serbs in Croatia
References
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Serbian Orthodox monasteries in Croatia
Buildings and structures in Split-Dalmatia County