Monastery of Sopoćani

monastery, Novi Pazar, Serbia

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frescoes

  • Novi Pazar
    In Novi Pazar

    …few miles west is the monastery of Sopoćani, built in 1260. Its vast frescoes, done before 1264–65 and painted in the Byzantine manner, portraying the Gospels, are considered by many to be the finest in Europe from this period. The monastery—along with a number of sites on the outskirts of…

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