Gračanica Monastery
The Gračanica Monastery (Serbian: Манастир Грачаница, romanized: Manastir Gračanica, pronounced [ɡratʃǎnitsa]; Albanian: Manastiri i Graçanicës) is a Serbian Orthodox monastery located in Kosovo. It was built by the Serbian king Stefan Milutin in 1321. The monastery was declared a Monument of Culture of Exceptional Importance in 1990, and on 13 July 2006 it was placed on UNESCO's World Heritage List under the name of Medieval Monuments in Kosovo as an extension of the Visoki Dečani site, which was overall placed on the List of World Heritage in Danger.
Gračanica | |
| Monastery information | |
|---|---|
| Other names | Holy Virgin's temple of Gračanica |
| Order | Serbian Orthodox |
| Established | 1321 |
| Dedicated to | Holy Virgin |
| Diocese | Eparchy of Raška and Prizren |
| People | |
| Founder(s) | King Stefan Milutin |
| Important associated figures | Stefan Milutin, Queen Simonida, Patriarch Makarije Sokolović |
| Architecture | |
| Style | Serbo-Byzantine style |
| Site | |
| Location | Village of Gračanica, 5 km (3.1 mi) from Pristina, Kosovo |
| Public access | yes |
UNESCO World Heritage Site | |
| Type | Cultural |
| Criteria | ii, iii, iv |
| Designated | 2004 (28th session) |
| Part of | Medieval Monuments in Kosovo |
| Reference no. | 724-004bis |
| Region | Europe and North America |
| Extensions | 2006 |
| Endangered | 2006–... |
| Official name | Manastir Gračanica |
| Type | Monument of Culture of Exceptional Importance |
| Designated | 25 October 1947 |
| Reference no. | СК 1367 |
The Gračanica Monastery is one of King Milutin's last monumental endowments. The monastery is located in Gračanica, a Serbian enclave in the close vicinity of Lipjan, the old residence of bishops of Lipljan.