The Vratna monastery ( sr, Манастир Вратна, Manastir Vratna) is a 14th-century
Serbian Orthodox monastery
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in the village of
Vratna in
Negotin
Negotin ( sr-cyrl, Неготин, ; ro, Negotin) is a town and municipality located in the Bor District of the eastern Serbia. It is situated near the borders between Serbia, Romania and Bulgaria. It is the judicial center of the Bor District. ...
,
Serbia
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, founded by
Serbian king Stefan Milutin
Stefan Uroš II Milutin ( sr-cyr, Стефан Урош II Милутин, Stefan Uroš II Milutin; 1253 – 29 October 1321), known as Stefan Milutin ( sr-cyr, Стефан Милутин, Stefan Milutin), was the King of Serbia between 1282&nd ...
(1282–1321) of the
Nemanjić dynasty
The House of Nemanjić ( sr-Cyrl, Немањић, Немањићи; Nemanjić, Nemanjići, ) was the most prominent dynasty of Serbia in the Middle Ages. This princely, royal, and later imperial house produced twelve Serbian monarchs, who rul ...
and
Saint Nikodim I
Nikodim I of Peć and Nikodim of Hilandar ( sr, Никодим I Пећки) was a monk-scribe at Hilandar before becoming the 10th Serbian Archbishop from 1316 to 1324, he died in the year 1325. He is a Serbian saint and the Eastern Orthodox Churc ...
. It is situated below the
Vratna canyon and the nearby
Vratna river flows through the village.
![Manastir Vratna1](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/44/Manastir_Vratna1.jpg)
It was rebuilt in 1415 by
Šarban from
Struza attested in papers found by bishop Genadije in 1856. The monastery was damaged by fire in 1813 and renovated by 1817.
The monastery was torn down between
World War I
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and
World War II
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. It is since a female monastery (nunnery), one of three monasteries in
Negotin
Negotin ( sr-cyrl, Неготин, ; ro, Negotin) is a town and municipality located in the Bor District of the eastern Serbia. It is situated near the borders between Serbia, Romania and Bulgaria. It is the judicial center of the Bor District. ...
.
See also
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Prerast of Vratna River
References
Serbian Orthodox monasteries in Serbia
14th-century Serbian Orthodox church buildings
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