Medieval Monuments in Kosovo World Heritage Site

Official name

Medieval Monuments in Kosovo | UNESCO

Country

Serbia | Map

Continent

Europe

Location

Autonomous province of Kosovo
42.6611° Lat, 20.2655° Lon | Map

Code

724

Time Zone

Europe/Belgrade (CET, +0100)

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Category

Cultural

Description

Inscribed 2004. The four edifices of the site reflect the high points of the Byzantine-Romanesque ecclesiastical culture, with its distinct style of wall painting, which developed in the Balkans between the 13th and 17th centuries. The Dečani Monastery was built in the mid-14th century for the Serbian king Stefan Dečanski and is also his mausoleum. The Patriarchate of Peć Monastery is a group of four domed churches featuring series of wall paintings. The 13th-century frescoes of the Church of Holy Apostles are painted in a unique, monumental style. Early 14th-century frescoes in the church of the Holy Virgin of Ljevisa represent the appearance of the new so-called Palaiologian Renaissance style, combining the influences of the eastern Orthodox Byzantine and the Western Romanesque traditions. The style played a decisive role in subsequent Balkan art.