Ravanica Monastery

The birth of the Morava style

Ravanica is the principal endowment of Prince Lazar Hrebeljanović. It was built between 1377 and 1381 at the foot of the Kučaj Mountains. This monastery marks the beginning of a new era in Serbian architecture – the Morava school.

The Church of the Ascension of the Lord at Ravanica is distinguished by its decorative masonry of stone and brick (rows of red brick and yellowish stone), as well as its famous stone rosettes and rich sculptural ornament on the façade, which makes it one of the most beautiful monuments of the Serbian Middle Ages.

Guardian of the Prince's relics

After the Battle of Kosovo in 1389 and the death of Prince Lazar, his relics were transferred to Ravanica in 1392. The monastery was destroyed and burned several times, but was always rebuilt. Today, after centuries of migrations, the relics of Saint Prince Lazar again rest in his endowment, making it a place of exceptional national and spiritual importance.