Orthodox churche, Raška district - Serbia

[jmislic]

The Raška District is in the south-western part of Serbia. The administrative center of the Raška district is Kraljevo. Other cities in this district are Vrnjačka Banja, Raška, Novi Pazar and Tutin. This part of Serbia is rich with beautiful nature, mountains, art and culture.

Since this post is about churches in this part of Serbia I just have to mention Žiča monastery. This spiritual center of the Serbian medieval state was built around 1220, to become also the center of the newly founded Serbian Arch-episcopacy. But, we are here for one other church that is probably older than this monastery.

“The village of Gracac in the municipality of Vrnjacka Banja is a very old village in the Raska district. Material remains were found in the area of this village, which clearly indicate that the ancient Romans inhabited the area of today’s Gračac. The village of Gračac itself is located on the mountain Goč, only 4 km, from the middle of the main road between Vrnjačka Banja and Kraljevo. According to the legend, it is believed that the local church is the church of St. Sava, built in “Sava’s time”, as if Saint Sava himself, with his father Stefan Nemanja, participated in its construction.”

Near church`s gate, since 2015, is a village museum, in the renovated building of the former school, which dates from 1818, according to the writings of Vuk Stefanović Karadžić.

These photos were taken in april 2020.

[Giu_DiB]

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[jmislic]

Hi @Giu_DiB

Thank you so much for the comment. Here is a new photo. I hope it is visible now. I had to upload it again, some of them were uploaded twice and it was my mistake because I have deleted it

I will read the guidelines.

[Giu_DiB]

Hello @jmislic ,

Thanks for your answer. I am always fascinated when I can read old scripts and see how carachters evolved in different alphabets, in this case I can see how the Greek alpha turned into the Latin “A” and later into the Cyrillic A, and how they are related to the lowercase typographic “a”. I know, not the usual things someone would notice.

Thanks to add the photo, too! If you want, you can read this interesting article on How to take photos of monuments and historical sites.