Staro Nagoričane Monastery

monastery, North Macedonia

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The Staro Nagoričane Monastery is located near Kumanovo in North Macedonia. It was built in 1318 by Serbian King Milutin and is renowned for its valuable frescoes. The monastery is an example of Byzantine art, which flourished in the Orthodox Christian empire from the 4th century CE onwards. While Constantinople was the center of this art, its influence spread to regions like the western Balkans, including North Macedonia. Byzantine painting, often religious in content, focused on suggesting a supernatural and timeless realm, retaining classical artistic devices while aiming for a more abstract representation of the world.12

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…of the city is the Staro Nagoričane Monastery, built by the Serbian king Milutin in 1318, which contains valuable frescoes. Also nearby is the 16th-century Matejić Monastery and a spa resort with hot mineral waters. Pop. (2002) 70,842; (2020 est.) 73,300.
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…of the city is the Staro Nagoričane Monastery, built by the Serbian king Milutin in 1318, which contains valuable frescoes. Also nearby is the 16th-century Matejić Monastery and a spa resort with hot mineral waters. Pop. (2002) 70,842; (2020 est.) 73,300.
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