Saturday 8 January 2011

389 RS - Studenica Monastery (1986)

Brief Description

"The Studenica Monastery was established in the late 12th century by Stevan Nemanja, founder of the medieval Serb state, shortly after his abdication. It is the largest and richest of Serbia’s Orthodox monasteries. Its two principal monuments, the Church of the Virgin and the Church of the King, both built of white marble, enshrine priceless collections of 13th- and 14th-century Byzantine painting."

斯图德尼察修道院

"斯图德尼察修道院创建于12世纪晚期,由中世纪塞尔维亚共和国的创建者斯特凡-纳曼亚大公在退位之后不久创建。这个修道院 是塞尔维亚地区最大、最富有的传统修道院。修道院中的两座主要纪念碑、圣母大教堂及国王大教堂均采用白色大理石建造而成,同时这些建筑物中还收藏了13世 纪和14世纪时期的拜占庭艺术绘画,这些绘画都是无价之宝。"

Source UNESCO WH website http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/389

Courtesy of Childish from postcrossing forum

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