Vraćevšnica ( sr, Враћевшница, ) is a
village
A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town (although the word is often used to describe both hamlets and smaller towns), with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to ...
in the
municipality
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...
of
Gornji Milanovac
Gornji Milanovac ( sr-Cyrl, Гoрњи Милановац, ) is a town and municipality located in the Moravica District of central Serbia. The population of the town is 24,216, while the population of the municipality is 44,406.
The town was foun ...
,
Serbia
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. According to the 2002 census, the village has a population of 150 people.
Radič
Radič ( sr-Cyrl, Радич) is a Serbian names, Serbian masculine given name, popular in the Middle Ages. It is derived from the Slavic word root ''rad-'' ("happy, eager, to care"), with the Slavic suffix ''-ič'', a diminutive of Radoslav, Radom ...
(
fl.
''Floruit'' (; abbreviated fl. or occasionally flor.; from Latin for "they flourished") denotes a date or period during which a person was known to have been alive or active. In English, the unabbreviated word may also be used as a noun indicatin ...
1389–1441), a magnate in the service of Serbian monarchs
Stefan Lazarević
Stefan Lazarević ( sr-Cyrl, Стефан Лазаревић, 1377 – 19 July 1427), also known as Stefan the Tall ( sr, Стефан Високи / ''Stefan Visoki''), was the ruler of Serbia as prince (1389–1402) and despot (1402–1427), ...
and
Đurađ Branković
Đurađ Branković (; sr-cyr, Ђурађ Бранковић; hu, Brankovics György; 1377 – 24 December 1456) was the Serbian Despot from 1427 to 1456. He was one of the last Serbian medieval rulers. He was a participant in the battle of Anka ...
, built the
Vraćevšnica monastery
The Vraćevšnica Monastery ( sr, Манастир Враћевшница, Manastir Vraćevšnica, ) is a Serbian Orthodox monastery in Vraćevšnica, Gornji Milanovac, Serbia, built in 1428–29 on the orders of Radič ( fl. 1389–1441), a mag ...
in the village in 1428.
[Војислав Кораћ]
Архитектура у средњовековној Србији
Сакрална архитектура
References
Populated places in Moravica District
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