The Tavna Monastery () is a Serbian Orthodox

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located south of the city of Bijeljina in north-eastern Republika Srpska,

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. The date of its foundation is unknown. The chronicles of monasteries Tronoša and

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say it was built by King

Stefan Dragutin Stefan Dragutin ( sr-Cyrl, Стефан Драгутин, ; died 12 March 1316), was List of Serbian monarchs, King of Serbia from 1276 to 1282. From 1282, he ruled a Realm of Stefan Dragutin, separate kingdom which included northern Serbia, and ...

's sons

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and

Urošica Urošica ( sr-Cyrl, Урошица; fl. 1285 – before 1316) was a Serbian prince and Orthodox monk, a member of the Nemanjić dynasty. He was the younger son of Stefan Dragutin of Serbia, Stefan Dragutin, Kingdom of Serbia (medieval), King of Se ...

. The present monastery church is built in the same place as the original one. Tavna was damaged in the first years of Ottoman rule, but was restored by the people. This was not the only time the monastery was damaged. It was damaged many times during the Ottoman period and also during World War II. Between 1941-45 Tavna was bombed by the Nazi-affiliated Croat Ustashe but was reconstructed after the war.Tavna monastery
bijeljina.net; accessed 5 August 2018.

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www.semberija.ba
Tavna Manastery Nemanjić dynasty endowments Serbian Orthodox monasteries in Bosnia and Herzegovina Buildings and structures in Republika Srpska {{Orthodox-monastery-stub