Gradište Monastery

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Gradište Monastery

Gradište Monastery is in Buljarica, Montenegro, not far from Petrovac na Moru. Gradište was originally a medieval inn of the old Serbian Empire. It also was affiliated with Kosovo's Visoki Dečani Monastery. Founded in 1116, the monastery consists of three churches and a dormitory. The three churches are St. Nicholas', built in 1610; the Assumption of the Holy Mother of God, whose frescoes date from 1620s; and Saint Sava's, both the former built in 1855 and the latter built in the early 1500s.

History

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Gradište Monastery is in Buljarica, Montenegro,[1][2] not far from Petrovac na Moru.[3] Like Reževići Monastery,Gradište was originally a medieval inn of the old Serbian Empire. It also was affiliated with Kosovo's Visoki Dečani Monastery. Founded in 1116, Gradište was mentioned in a document from the time of King Milutin in 1307. The monastery buildings comprise a dormitory building and three churches.[4] The three churches are St. Nicholas', built in 1610; the Assumption of the Holy Mother of God, whose frescoes date from 1620s; and Saint Sava's, both the former built in 1855 and the latter built in the early 1500s.[5][6] Saint Sava Church houses an iconostasis painted in 1864 by the Greek icon painter Nicholas Aspiotis, and an unusual painting of St Christopher with an animal head.[7][8]

Church of St Nicholas

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The Church of St Nicholas contains frescoes painted in 1619–1620.[9] The cycle is a historiography of St George, and contains scenes identified in 1960 by Veljko Đurić as Saint George Confessing Christianity, The Whipping of Saint George, and The Torture of Saint George on a Wheel.[9] At the time of Đurić's work, the frescoes were uncleaned. Later cleaning and study after the frescoes were damaged in an earthquake revealed a further scene, identified by Bojan Popović as Deliverance from the Limestone Quarry.[9] Aleksandar Čilikov identified two more scenes from the Saint George cycle that were too fragmented to identify.[9]

References

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  1. ^ "Gradište Monastery". Montenegro for Travellers. 31 March 2020.
  2. ^ The Rough Guide to Montenegro. Rough Guides UK. April 2009. ISBN 9781848362048.
  3. ^ Lonely Planet Montenegro. Lonely Planet. June 2017. ISBN 9781787010598.
  4. ^ "Gradiste Monastery -". Panacomp. Retrieved 9 April 2025.
  5. ^ Stošić, Ljiljana (2014). "The Bay of Cattaro (Kotor) School of Icon-Painting 1680–1860". Balcanica (XLV): 187–202. doi:10.2298/BALC1445187S.
  6. ^ "Table of contents: Zbornik Matice Srpske za Likovne Umetnosti". Novi Sad (43): 7–9. 2015 – via ProQuest.
  7. ^ "Монастырь Градиште, Черногория — Monteonline — недвижимость в Черногории" [Monastery Gradiste, Montenegro]. MonteOnline. Retrieved 9 April 2025.
  8. ^ "Gradište Monastery | Adriatic Coast, Montenegro | Attractions". Lonely Planet. Retrieved 9 April 2025.
  9. ^ a b c d Stevanovic, Bojana (2015). "CYCLE OF ST. GEORGE IN THE GRADISTE MONASTERY". Zbornik Matice Srpske Za Likovne Umetnosti (in Serbian). 43: 31–47 – via ProQuest.


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