Morača Monastery
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| Basic information | |
| Location | Kolašin; In the valley of the Morača river, central Montenegro |
| Geographic coordinates | 42°45′58″N 19°23′26″E / 42.7661°N 19.3906°ECoordinates: 42°45′58″N 19°23′26″E / 42.7661°N 19.3906°E |
| Affiliation | Serbian Orthodox Church |
| Ecclesiastical or organizational status | Metropolitanate of Montenegro and the Littoral |
| Architectural description | |
| Architect(s) | Stefan Vukanović Nemanjić |
| Architectural type | Byzantine (Ecclesiastical) |
| Architectural style | Rascian style |
| Completed | 1252 |
Morača Monastery (Serbian: Манастир Морача) is a Serbian Orthodox monastery located in the valley of the Morača River in Kolašin, central Montenegro. It was founded in 1252 by Stefan Vukanović, of the Nemanjić dynasty. It is one of the best known medieval monuments of Montenegro.
The founding history is engraved above the western portal. Stefan, a son of Vukan Nemanjić, the Grand Prince of Zeta (r. 1190-1207; grandson of Stefan Nemanja), founded the monastery in 1252, possibly on his own lands (appanage). The region was under the rule of the Nemanjić dynasty.
Monastery was burned by the Ottomans for the first time in 1505, during a turbulent period of insurgency in Montenegro. The monks took shelter in Vasojevići. It was abandoned for the next seventy years. Thanks to moderate political climate established by Sokollu Mehmed Pasha rebuilding started in 1574 and ended in 1580. Reconstruction itself was led by monks Tomo and Mojsije, and financially supported by local population, especially knez Vukić Vučetić. Vuk Stefanović Karadžić, reformer of the Serbian language and collector of Serbian epic poems, had recorded two poems regarding the Sack of Kolašin, in which beginning Novica Cerović and Serdar Milan drink wine together besides the white church in Morača.
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