The Uvac Monastery ( sr, Манастир Увац) 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 western Serbia.
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,
Morača Monastery
The Morača ( sr-cyrl, Морача, ) is a major river in Montenegro that originates in the Statistical regions of Montenegro, northern region in Kolašin Municipality under Mount Rzača. It meanders southwards for before emptying into Lake S ...
, Church of the Annunciation Monastery in
Ovčar Banja,
Pustinja Monastery
The Pustinja Monastery ( sr, Манастир Пустиња, Manastir Pustinja) is a Serbian Orthodox monastery in village Poćuta near Valjevo in Central Serbia.
According to local legends this monastery was built in the 13th century by king D ...
,
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 Serbian 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 Australia. ...
References
External links
*http://www.uzice.net/uvac/uvace.htm
13th-century Serbian Orthodox church buildings
17th-century Serbian Orthodox church buildings
Serbian Orthodox monasteries in Serbia
1622 establishments in the Ottoman Empire
Užice
Medieval Serbian Orthodox monasteries
17th-century establishments in Serbia
Monasteries of the Eparchy of Žiča
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