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Tvrdoš Monastery

Autor Sanja Milenkovic
Petak, 25 Maj 2007
It is a Serb Orthodox monastery near the town of Trebinje, Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The 4th-century foundations of the first Roman church on the site are still visible today. The Orthodox monastery was established there in the 15th century, with a cathedral constructed about 1508 and painted with murals by Vicko Lavrov from Dubrovnik in 1517. The monastery remained a seat of the Metropolitans of Herzegovina until the Ottoman Turks destroyed it in 1694. The current building of the monastery was constructed in 1924 It was built on the foundations of an old church and since then was torn down several times and built up again. Frescos of Dubrovnik painter Vicko Lovrov and the monk Marko Stefanov - Trebinjac can be found there. In the first half of the 6th century the monastery was the biggest scriptorium of the Slavic south, and at the same time cultural and spiritual center of a broader area. Within the monastery there is the famous Tvrdoski cellar, and in its immediate vicinity the vineyards. Attendance per Year: 3000

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