Reževići Monastery
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The Reževići Monastery (Serbian: Манастир Режевићи, romanized: Manastir Reževići) is a medieval Serbian Orthodox monastery located in Katun Reževići village between Budva and Petrovac in modern-day Montenegro. The monastery has two churches.[1] According to a local legend, the 'Church of the Dormition of the Mother of God' was built in the 1220s by King Stefan Nemanjić (Stefan the First-Crowned), the first king of Serbia while the 'Church of the Archdeacon Stefan' was built by Emperor Stephen Uroš IV Dušan of Serbia in 1351.[2]
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Reževići Monastery Манастир Режевићи | |
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Religion | |
Affiliation | Serbian Orthodox |
Ecclesiastical or organizational status | Metropolitanate of Montenegro and the Littoral |
Leadership | Metropolitanate of Montenegro and the Littoral |
Status | Active |
Location | |
Location | Katun Reževići, Budva |
Municipality | Budva |
State | Zeta (modern-day Montenegro) |
Geographic coordinates | 42.2149°N 18.9240°E / 42.2149; 18.9240 |
Architecture | |
Type | Byzantine architecture |
Style | Serbo-Byzantine architecture |
Founder | Nemanjić dynasty |
Funded by | Stefan Nemanjić |
Website | |
Manastir Rezevici[dead link] |
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