Mileseva Monastery
| Department | Archive |
|---|---|
| Collection | Byzantine Research Fund |
| Reference No. | BRF/02/11/03/001 |
| Level | Item |
| Place |
Prijepolje |
| Dates | Jun-05 |
| Donor/Creator |
Durham, Mr L. |
| Scope and Content | South-east view. The photograph is mounted and framed. It is signed and dated in ink at the back. Further annotation in ink survives. |
| Further information | The monastery of Mileseva was founded in 1220 by Prince Vladislav, son of the Serbian king Stephan the First-Crowned. The three-apsed, cross- shaped katholikon dedicated to the Ascension is decorated with an extensive fresco program of strong eschatological and after-life implications. It served as a burial church: the nave houses the marble sarcophagus of Vladislav while the exonarthex which was added to the building in 1236 houses the tomb of Hagios Savas (St Sava) of Serbia. |