724 RS - Medieval Monuments in Kosovo (2004)

Brief Description

"The four edifices of the site reflect the high points of the Byzantine-Romanesque ecclesiastical culture, with its distinct style of wall painting, which developed in the Balkans between the 13th and 17th centuries. The Dečani Monastery was built in the mid-14th century for the Serbian king Stefan Dečanski and is also his mausoleum. The Patriarchate of Peć Monastery is a group of four domed churches featuring series of wall paintings. The 13th-century frescoes of the Church of Holy Apostles are painted in a unique, monumental style. Early 14th-century frescoes in the church of the Holy Virgin of Ljevisa represent the appearance of the new so-called Palaiologian Renaissance style, combining the influences of the eastern Orthodox Byzantine and the Western Romanesque traditions. The style played a decisive role in subsequent Balkan art."

科索沃中世纪古迹
"该遗址的四个组成部分，体现了拜占庭和罗马教会文化鼎盛时期的情景，这种文化于13世纪至17世纪期间在巴尔干半岛发展起 来，其壁画具有独特的风格。佩奇修道院主教管辖区位于佩奇市郊，它包括由四座带圆屋顶的、墙上都绘有壁画的教堂组成的一组建筑群。圣·阿皮特勒教堂13世 纪的壁画反映出无与伦比的壁画风格。而圣母教堂14世纪初期的壁画则标志着一种新风格的出现，即帕莱奥洛格•德比藏斯文艺复兴时期的风格，它将东方正统观 念与西方罗马画法融为一体。壁画风格在巴尔干半岛艺术发展史上曾经发挥了决定性作用。"

Source UNESCO WH website http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/724

724-001     Dečani Monastery
724-002bis     Patriarchate of Peć Monastery 
724-003bis     Church of the Virgin of Leviša
724-004bis     Gračanica Monastery

 

Courtesy of Sanja from postcrossing forum

724-001 Dečani Monastery, Kosovo, Serbia

724-004bis Gračanica Monastery, Priština, Kosovo, Serbia