 The Monastery of Pridvorica | |
  Location of Pridvorica Monastery within Serbia | |
| Monastery information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Манастир Придворица |
| Order | Serbian Orthodox |
| Established | 12th century Renovated in 1557, 1835 |
| Diocese | Žiča Diocese |
| People | |
| Founder | Saint Sava |
| Site | |
| Location | Pridvorica,Ivanjica,Serbia |
ThePridvorica Monastery (Serbian:Манастир Придворица,romanized: Manastir Pridvorica) is amonastery of theSerbian Orthodox Church, built in the 12th century, at the same time as the nearbyStudenica. It has the status of cultural monument of great importance. It is located in the village ofPridvorica,Ivanjica.
According to the architectural characteristics it is a typical example of medievalRaška school. Church of the Transfiguration is a single-nave, one-dome building with a semicircularapse at the east. The external facade is decorated with afrieze of blind arcades.[citation needed]
It was built by a servant who worked at the court ofNemanjićs around 1195. Hence the name Pridvorica. A testimony of this are minor, but valuable remains of frescoes in the upper reaches of the temple. Initially this was anunnery, which is confirmed by Nemanja's charter to the monastery of Studenica. The nuns were engaged inweaving and were passing the skills to the local population, as evidenced by a fully authentic style of weaving in this region; it was then the localChurch for centuries, and since 2007 it was again declared the monastery, but a male one. Abbot of the monastery, and twonovices live in the monastery. Pridvorica is on the 28th kilometer of road from Ivanjica to Studenica.[1]
The building itself was twice renewed, which in many ways changed its exterior: for the first time after 1557, and the second time in mid-nineteenth century. During the second renewal, aniconostasis was painted at the gates, signed by Sreten Protić Molerović 1835. Pridvorica monastery church is dedicated to the Transfiguration. The monastery is one of the few in Serbia who have their ownCoat of arms.[2]
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