The Vrdnik-Ravanica Monastery ( sr, Манастир Врдник-Раваница, Manastir Vrdnik-Ravanica), also known as Little Ravanica (Мала Раваница'' / Mala Ravanica''), is a
Serbian Orthodox
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The majori ...
monastery
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in
Vrdnik in the
Fruška Gora
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mountains in the northern
Serbia
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, in the province of
Vojvodina
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. The exact date of its founding is unknown. The records indicate that the church was built at the time of Metropolitan
Serafim Jovanović, in the second half of the 16th century. The present church in the monastery was constructed in the period from 1801 to 1811. The icons on the altar screen and the vaults were painted by
Dimitrije Avramović in 1853.
Vrdnik-Ravanica Monastery was declared
Monument of Culture of Exceptional Importance in 1990, and it is protected by
Republic of Serbia
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.
See also
Monasteries of Fruška Gora- Fruškać
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Tourism in Serbia
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Monasteries of Fruška Gora
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List of Serbian Orthodox monasteries
References
External links
Vrdnik monastery- Fruškać
More about the monastery(in Serbian)
Cultural Monuments of Exceptional Importance (Serbia)
Serbian Orthodox monasteries in Serbia
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