| White Church, Karan | |
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| Type | Serbian Orthodoxparish church |
| Location | Karan,Užice Municipality,Zlatibor District,Serbia |
| Coordinates | 43°54′54″N19°54′42″E / 43.9150°N 19.9117°E /43.9150; 19.9117 |
| Built | 1340–1342 |
| Type | Cultural Monument of Great Importance |
| Designated | 1982 |
| Reference no. | SK 186[1] |
  Location of White Church, Karan in Serbia | |
TheWhite Church of Karan (Serbian Cyrillic:Бела црква каранска;Serbian:Bela crkva karanska) is aSerbian Orthodox parish church in the village ofKaran,Užice Municipality,Serbia. It is dedicated to theAnnunciation toMary. The church was listed as aCultural Monument of Great Importance.[1]
The church was established byŽupanPetar Brajan between 1340 and 1342 on the site of a former Roman worship house, according to the tombs excavated by archaeologists near the building.[2]
The White Church is typical of theRaška architectural school.[2] It has threebays and is topped by acupola. The eastern part of the church has a semi-circularapse with a stoneiconostasis. Thenarthex dates back to the late 19th century.
The church has 14th-centuryfrescoes. The western frescoes represent Župan Brajan and his wife Struja, his son and three daughters, while the eastern frescoes show EmperorStefan Dušan with his wifeJelena and his sonUroš, as well as saints of theNemanjić dynasty (namelySimeon,Sava andMilutin). Other frescoes depict scenes from theOld Testament, as well as scenes of Mary's life and the Virgin Mary with angels.[3]
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