Gradište Monastery is in

Buljarica Buljarica ( sr-cyrl, Буљарица, ) is a village in the municipality of Budva, Montenegro. Its beach is about from Petrovac in the direction of Bar, the beach is long. Geography Buljarica has development potential to rival that of famed ...

, Montenegro, not far from Petrovac na moru. Like Reževići Monastery,Gradište was originally a medieval inn of the old Serbian Empire. It also was affiliated with

Kosovo Kosovo ( sq, Kosova or ; sr-Cyrl, Косово ), officially the Republic of Kosovo ( sq, Republika e Kosovës, links=no; sr, Република Косово, Republika Kosovo, links=no), is a partially recognised state in Southeast Eur ...

Visoki Dečani The Visoki Dečani Monastery ( sr, Манастир Високи Дечани, Manastir Visoki Dečani, sq, Manastiri i Deçanit) is a medieval Serbian Orthodox Christian monastery located near Deçan, Kosovo. It was founded in the first half o ...

Monastery. Founded in 1116, Gradište was mentioned in a document from the time of King

Milutin Milutin ( sr, Милутин) is a Serbian masculine given name of Slavic origin. The name may refer to: * Stephen Uroš II Milutin of Serbia (1253–1321), king of Serbia * Milutin Bojić (1892–1917), poet * Milutin Ivković (1906–1943), footb ...

in 1307. The monastery's three churches are St. Nicholas', built in 1610; the Assumption of the Holy Mother of God, whose frescoes date from 1620s; and

Saint Sava Saint Sava ( sr, Свети Сава, Sveti Sava, ; Old Church Slavonic: ; gr, Άγιος Σάββας; 1169 or 1174 – 14 January 1236), known as the Enlightener, was a Serbs, Serbian prince and Eastern Orthodox Church, Orthodox monk, the first ...

's, both the former built in 1855 and the latter built in the early 1500s.

References

Budva Municipality Serbian Orthodox monasteries in Montenegro 1116 establishments in Europe Christian monasteries established in the 12th century 17th-century Serbian Orthodox church buildings 1610 Churches completed in 1610 Tourist attractions in Montenegro {{Montenegro-EO-church-stub