Monastery of Sopoćani
monastery, Novi Pazar, Serbia
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The Monastery of Sopoćani is located near Novi Pazar in Serbia. It was built in 1260 and is renowned for its vast frescoes, painted in the Byzantine style. These frescoes, completed before 1264-65, depict scenes from the Gospels and are considered among the finest European artworks of their period.1
The monastery, along with nearby sites of the medieval city of Stari Ras, was designated a UNESCO World Heritage site in 1979. Novi Pazar itself was the capital of the medieval Serbian state in the 12th to 14th centuries.1
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