U this Tumul that comes from the V century before B.C. have been found in the Greek vases, silver vessels, gold jewelry, glass and amber objects and decorations that are of exceptional scientific value. Probably at the time of Prince Caslav, when Serbia expanded its borders and gained relative independence, the church was thoroughly reconstructed in its upper part. No izmenivši basic circular form of the previous building, the renewal is received in the trompe construct dome, and gallery on the first floor, which includes a ring, except the eastern side of Cuba, and other elements that its structure and forms indicating their origin from preromansko coast.

Put to the monastery Studenica Ibar through "the valley of the centuries in which the former was the core of medieval serbian state Raška.
Large Župan Stefan Nemanja (1171-1196), utemeljivač mentioned Raška independent state and a founder of Nemanjic powerful dynasty (1169-1196), built the Bogorodičina church, its foundation, more than eight centuries. It lies, not as governor, but as a humble monk, saint Simeon, with his wife, monahinjom Anastasija and their sons, Vukan and Stephan (Prvovenčani).
Bogorodičina Studenica in the church was built in the last two decades of the 12th century. One of the most beautiful architectural monuments Raška school and at the same time the greatest of serbian monasteries.

Its luxurious skulpturalna plastics in the white marble has radočelskom Romanesque-Byzantine features, a magnificently embodied in the crucifixion freskoslikarstvo attracts tourists, pilgrims and modern, to gather around her and her dive.
In 1986., In which the full proslavljala eight centuries of its existence, Studenica is listed in the UNESCO heritage list svetsve as a monument of universal value.
Monastic complex and architecture are the main Studenica minster dedicated to the Mother of God, the kings of the church (dedicated to sv.Joakimu and Ana) and the church of Sv. Nikola-Nikoljac, in the manastirskog complex and remains the foundation church sv.Jovana, Savina dining room, tower, treasury, Konaci ...
Bogorodičina church, najsjajnija Serbian medieval buildings, built between the 1183rd and 1196th year. Its founder and founder was the great Župan Stefan Nemanja.Svrstava the most valuable architectural monuments tzv.Raške school. The church is one, with the altar space and internal pripratom, while the external pripratu later built the king Radoslav.
Bogorodičina outside the church in the Romanesque style, decorated with rich marble plastic high style values. In addition to the main portal, Truffaut in secondary apse is the most detail on the facade Studenica. The doors of the northern portal is a famous Byzantine studenički cross. Ozidana is radočelskim milk white marble with blue tones žućkastog. Of Romanesque facade is dominated by Byzantine dome.
Most Bogorodičina church frescoes painted in the period of the 1208th 1215.godine in their beginnings they had shares in all three Nemanjina son Vukan, Stefan and Sava. Studeničke frescos are shining start of Serbian Byzantine slikarstva.Tu first inscriptions on the frescoes write in English, although they have painted the best among the top carigradske masters. Thematically, fresco representing the cycle of twelve large holidays, as well as a number of individual pieces. Of these twelve compositions preserved the only one - crucifixion of Christ. It is the world-famous symbol studeničkog freskoslikarstva. Živopis from 13.veka supplement frescos painted the middle of the 16th century whose artistic qualities are worthy of their epoch.
Bogorodičina at the entrance to the church, on the right side, there is a marble sarcophagus ktitora Stefan Nemanja, whose relics were transferred from the 1207th Hilandara Years and which is built as St. Simeon Mirotočivi. Before the altar, also on the right side, is situated kivot Stefan First. Silver casket was donated Persida, wife of Prince Alexander Karadjordjevic, and the work of the VINCENC Kaclera from 1853.g. The left side of the iconostasis is the shrine sv.Anastasije, the daughter of the Byzantine emperor Romana IV, women, large Prefect Stefan Nemanja, the great mother Prefect Vukan, Stefan First, the first Serbian king and Rastko - sv. Save. Kivot of wood, bound with silver and gold and decorated with precious stones, enamel and etching. Done is 3.5 years. The author is a deacon Vojislav Bilbija, a dentist by profession who lives and works in the Netherlands, and deals with the processing živopisanjem icon and noble metals. Kivot donated manastiru 1996. year.
Kings church was built in the 1314th , and dedicated to St.. Joakimu and Ana, the small-scale, not because its founder King Milutin was unable to lift more, but because it is considered nedostojnim has the size of the temple Nemanjinog. Its greatest value is živopis, in some places very good shape. The frescoes were done in the three zones. The first zone consists of ktitorski portraits of individual figures and saints. Composition in the zone have special visual value, a display life of the Mother of God from birth to death. On the southern wall is the most famous fresco from the church of the king - "Birth of the Mother of God" In the third zone is a large cycle of holidays.
The church of Sts. Nikola - Nikoljac is one of the oldest preserved churches in the manastirskog complex Studenica. I do not know its founder, the time of its establishment. According to the frescoes that are preserved in it, was the beginning of the 13th century. Like the small Romanesque church in the coastal areas. One is, long rectangular, with semicircular apse on the eastern side, built of stone, such as gravel, broken and Šigeo.
Sometimes it studenička treasury was one of the najraskošnijih, because they are large Župan Stefan Nemanja and his sons were profusely hand - sasude, chasuble, Icons, reliquary with relics from the gold and silver, decorated with pearl and precious stones ... Sv.Sava is that really brought from their trip by East. All these moving and art, which is Studenica was through its long history obdarivana, generally poharani and disappeared. Saved the ring of gold Stefan First, plaštanica Antonija Heraklejskog, covering for kivot Stefan First, stole, omofor, chains for the gospel of pozlaćenog with silver decorations poludragog of stones, stauroteka Noble Cross - silver and gold-plated box decorated with blue and green enamel with semiprecious stones, gold bowls, chalice of silver, petohlebnica, icon mounted on wood, paftama belts with silver and decorative stones ...
On the eighth kilometer of the monastery, on the slopes of Radocelo, there is a smooth cliff at an altitude of about 1000m. In it is a carved and nadgrađena of the existing rock, over the deep chasm several hundred meters, in which the anchoress Sv.Sava, the solitude, wrote Studenički typical and Žitije sv. Simeon Nemanja. Eremitic Tower pregrađena is horizontally on three floors, it leads to a carved stone bridge and expanded terrassa. In complex anchoress is the small church of Sv. George and graves monks Gavrila. From the time when the living sv.Sava is called. Sava course - Stone barrel in the rocks collected from clean and fresh water. Uređujući this place where the eagles nest and the government peace lasting centuries, has not thought of the time. It is not standard or days or years. For all their hand made velikoshimnik Gavrilo, according to the monastic computable, humbly and frugally is uklesao in rock: "made in the 20th century. Ice decembarskog on 1986. The old monk Gavrilo, zašao deep in the ninth decade, he could not fire. Spark from a furnace fire was terrific, because in the anchoress were a lot of oil for kandila and food, as well as a lot of paper, letters, and religious books. Because nepristupačnog usijanog rocks that is continuously up five full days, all is burned. I monk Gavrilo. Later anchoress cleansed of traces of fire and was rebuilt under the watchful supervision of experts for the Protection of Cultural Monuments of Serbia.

Unlike most of our monastery, which were built in the difficult areas of affordable, Zica is located in the fertile plain, only 6km from the king to Mataruškoj Spa. Endowment of King Stefan the First (1195 - 1223) and is one of the greatest sanctity of Serbian people. Construction of the main monastery church. Ascension started the 1206th year, and finished before 1217.g., when its founder received the royal crown from Rome.
Erected outside the city, in the monastic circle, built to be a sacral place and where the church is dedicated to senior and dwelleth archbishop. It is the first Serbian Archbishop Sava crowned his older brother as the first Serbian king (1217) and consecrated bishop of start diocese. In Žiči are two crowned Serbian king from the dynasty Nemanjic (1169-1371), Stefano sons - Radoslav and Vladislav.

One beautiful old legend about the "sedmovratoj» Žiči pripoveda that it crowned seven kings, and that, when the coronation, otvarana new door through which is passed only crowned ruler, and to the door, then immediately was zazidana.
From manastirskog complex from the Middle Ages were only saved the Church of St.. Spasa and small churches sv.Petra and Paul. All other buildings are newer origin.
By its architecture belongs to the Raska school Zica. This is a single building with a semicircular altar apse on the eastern, external pripratom with the tower on the western and rectangular pevničkim premises on the southern and northern side. Over the central part of Naos rises the dome with osmougaonim drum.
Zica is built of brick and stone, and something Šigeo. But the selection of material for the construction of that church is scheduled to be plastered. Recognized by the red façade.
Internal decoration consists of frescos, which are poorly preserved, and of the carigradskih masters (from 1219), less talented provincijskih master (1228-1233), and the most important frescoes are the youngest (1309-1316) and is located in the main part of the church (Big Holidays , scenes from the life of Christ, standing svetiteljske figures and the bust). Nimble ensemble consists of frescos on the walls of passage under the tower where the bell tower next to Christmas Hymns and forty martyrs sevastijanskih painted Sv.Petar and sv.Pavle, as well as portraits of Stefan the First and the son of Radoslava with donation Charter. The authors of these frescoes are known masters painting workshop of King Milutin.
From the rich treasures of the former monastery Wires almost nothing saved except for the relics of St. right. John Preteče bound with silver, which was passed in the monastery of St.. Sava, and today is kept in the cathedral of St.. Mary in Siena and a part of the silver okovanog Noble cross from the 13th century, which is stored in the cathedral city Pijence, also in Italy.
The church of Sts. Peter and Paul is located east of the main church. Originates from the 14th century, the simple architecture-one building with a semicircular apse on the eastern side. Ozidana the stone and brick. Restored in the 18th century.

As the endowment of King Uros I (1242-1276) Sopocani emerged most of the 1263rd and 1268th year. Manastirskog of some larger complex, which was done more buildings (refectory, Konaci etc..) Is preserved to this day the church of St.. Trinity, which is the current appearance of the fruit of partial restoration from 1926-1929. year. The church is, namely, one of the srušsena at the end of XVII century in the events before the great migration of Serbs, to almost two and a half century frescoes, exceptional beauty and value, miraculously odolevale rain, frost, and sun vetrovima. By architectural concept of the church belongs to the classical solutions Raška architectural school. The base is a single building that is in the east end apse semi-width of the ship. South and north of the apse are rectangular rooms đakonikona and prskomidije.

Office space to the side of the two parties extended rectangular pevnicama, and on the west side was built in large priprata with two side chapels. Over the central part of the house rises the cylindrical cupola with eight windows, which is placed on the cubic base
Their external appearance of the church is unekoliko different from the earlier temples Raška school, leaves the impression as a three-nave basilica. This contributed to the appearance of intervention in the XIV century, when they are closed between pevnica and pre chapel, over which was the only arch. At the end of XII century dograđena on the western side of a large open foreign priprata with high three-tower - bell tower. Rectangular in shape with the construction svodnom you were carrying column and two free interrelated pillars arches, priprata is now in ruins.
The church is zidana tight sigom with elements that indicate the way romasnki construction. This belief contributes to the way of facades, windows, portals, and other elements. Modest church is composed of plastic decoration on the frieze arkadica small consoles that are in the attic kubeta, on the western facade and on the eastern side of the ships, as well as decorations from venaca in the pike over pilastrima in Naos and the portal between the pre and Naos.
In the interior of the church, strict and simple architecture, saved is unusually interesting and valuable gallery Serbian wall painting in which the monumental style of XIII century developed to the peak. Frescoes in the Naos and altar for its artistic value and style features are among the most important achievements of his time in Europe.
Thematic and iconographic sopoćanske Naos and frescoes in the altar area to hold the established forms of Byzantine art XIII century. Arrange the scenes and figure runs in the sign of logical and clear ilustrovanja jevanđeoski text without striving for narativnoscu. Based on the simple and concise view of big holidays, the selected events from the life of Christ and the individual pieces Saints, fresco in the central part of the house difficult to monumentality and koherentonsti expression, proisteklom from deep affection and everlasting eternal ideals of ancient beauty. Izlazeći from the strict religiousness, sopoćanske wall paintings express visual and philosophical essence, which is identified with univerzalonosću message. Unique all ikonografskih, style and artistic understanding and create a layered bezmerno strong harmony in which the concrete is reduced to the general and all utapa in one incredible range of shapes. Identical case with the frescoes in the altar area, which show common themes (Eucharist apostles, Poklonjenje agnecu, St. descent. Spirit, scene from the life of Christ) and that show a high degree of uniformity by stylistic understanding with the patient in the ensemble naousu. Exceptionally gifted sopoćanski master with his assistants completed the work of special forces and sugestivnosti, that still is not repeated anywhere in the latter and serbian Byzantine painting creations.
Painting with pre topics vaseljenskih council, the story of Old Joseph, Trees and terrible Jesejevog Court, and with figures of monks and pustinožitelja and, finally, with two compositions from serbian history: family ktitora and death scene Ana Dandolo - mother of King Uros I, does not contain quality frescoes in the Naos and altar area. Similarly, the frescoes in the chapel of the south, quite close to the concept of wall paintings with the best masters, does not reach its value as decorations in the north chapel, proskomidiji and đakonikonu fail to get closer to the unique beauty and neponovljivoj figures and scenes in the central part of the temple , where is dominated by monumental himnička and composition "Uspenje Mother of God". However, for the analysis of further razvoga Serbian painting of the frescoes are of great importance.
Between the 1342nd and 1345th The frescoes were in foreign priprati and chapel of St.. And St. Nicholas. George ansamabala None of these is not far was at the level of political and economic power of its time or up to the great and rich artistic experience last time.

Manastir Gradac lies on the plateau above Gradačke river, at the edge of Golija slope. It is 21km south-west of Raska and 12.5 km west of Brvenika and Ibar road. Exact Year Built monastery is not known. Is considered to be completed in the last quarter of the 13th century. Endowment is Helen Angevin. It is in the tradition of Raška school.
Monastery during the Ottoman rule was largely without the monk, and no overarching covering the church, which is removable. 1910. set security on the minster roof, during 1963-1975. The complete reconstruction of the main church, the interior of the temple was largely saved. From 1982. began building the monastery konak and is again restored to life, then it was prior shiarhimandrit Julijana Knežević (1918-2001). The monastery is female, the current prioress is Efimija, a padre of sisterhod father Vitalije.

For transport position prvenstvenog important monastery of the Ibar bus, or put Beograd-Kraljevo-Raska-Kosovska Mitrovica-Pristina-Skopje, of which at Brvenika separated asphalt road and leads to the valley of the River Brvenice to the village and monastery Gradac, in a length of about 12.5 km. In Biljanovca of Ibarske bus separate regional road that, through Jošaničke Spa, one branch leading to their Kopaonik (Dried shoot), and the other a Aleksandrovac and Krusevac. In addition to the monastery goes regional time Brvenik - Pearl Water. This way to the west leads to Ivanjica, while in the divergent direction Sutorina to Rudno and Studenica. Gradac village is also well-connected local roads from neighboring villages.
Gradac Monastery is located in the golijskoj tourist region, and near the tourist center Kopaonik (of dried shoot from about 50 km). It is a complementary value of the tourist mountain Golija, and as a supplement to, and the tourist offer Kopaonik. Vicinity of Kopaonik is significant because on the tourist season is a significant origination tourists. Significant is the proximity Jošaničke Spa in relation to the monastery of Gradac is complementary tourist value. Jošanička Banja far from the monastery about 30 km. For tourist Gradac monastery position of importance and his affiliation ibarskoj cultural and tourist zone, in which, except it contains and monasteries: Zica, Studenica, Stara Pavlica, Nova Pavlica and pump. There are more and fortresses: Maglić, Brvenik and Zvečan. To this zone will continue cultural and tourist zone valley Raška.