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The
Ravanica
Monastery
is
a
monastery
in
Serbia,
the
endowment
of
Prince
Lazar
Hrebeljanović.
The
Ravanica
church
was
built
in
1375
in
the
Moravian
architectural
style.
The
church
is
built
with
alternating
rows
of
stone
and
brick,
decorated
with
ceramic
decorative
elements
and
rich
relief
plastic.
After
the
Battle
of
Kosovo
and
Lazar's
death,
his
relics
were
transferred
to
Ravanič.
Since
then,
the
monastery
has
become
a
place
of
pilgrimage
and
a
focal
point
around
which
the
cult
of
Prince
Lazar,
the
martyr
of
Kosovo,
is
created.
The
Ravanica
monastery
was
destroyed
and
burned
several
times,
and
it
was
not
the
church
itself
that
suffered,
but
the
fortifications
and
the
monastery
buildings.
The
church
suffered
badly
in
1686/7.
years.
The
painting
in
Ravanica
was
badly
damaged
then,
and
entire
parts
of
the
walls
are
still
without
frescoes.
On
the
frescoes,
which
were
preserved
in
the
altar
and
the
main
interior
space
of
the
church,
certain
novelties
related
to
the
schemes
in
the
choice
of
themes
and
cycles
can
be
noticed,
which
will
become
the
rule
in
the
painting
of
the
later
temples
of
Moravian
Serbia.
In
the
domes
there
are
frescoes
of
Christ,
the
Virgin,
Angels
and
prophets,
in
the
altar
there
are
representations
of
Christ's
Passion
and
Incarnation,
while
in
the
nave
there
are
cycles
of
Great
Holidays,
Miracles
and
Gospel
stories
as
well
as
holy
warriors
and
monks.
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