Praskvica Monastery, Čelobrdo, Budva Municipality, Montenegro
Praskvica Monastery is a Serbian Orthodox monastery in Čelobrdo, a village in the Budva municipality in modern-day Montenegro. It was a spiritual and political center of the Paštrovići clan. According to the legend, the monastery was founded in 1050, but the first document that mentions it was composed in 1307. The document is a charter that Stephen Uroš II Milutin of Serbia issued during his visit to Kotor, in which he confirmed to the Church of the Holy Trinity the ownership over villages granted to the church by his mother, Helen of Anjou. Six churches belong to Praskvica Monastery. Two churches are within the complex of this monastery. The older church is dedicated to the Holy Trinity while the other, built by Balša III and his mother Jelena in 1413, is dedicated to Saint Nicholas. The church was built in the Raška architectural school style. In the same year a small house was built near the church. After the church was reconstructed in 1847, only a part of one wall of the original church building remained. There are four churches on the Sveti Stefan island that also belong to Praskvica Monastery. One of them was destroyed by the communists during World War II, and was later turned into a casino. The Church of Saint Stephen is one of remaining churches on Sveti Stefan that belongs to Praskvica Monastery. Novak Djokovic married Jelena on 12 July 2014 in this church. Some of the monastery icons were painted in 1681 by a painter named Radul. According to some stories, the cross of Emperor Dušan is kept in this monastery. In 1813, when Montenegrin Littoral became part of the Illyrian Provinces, monastery was plundered by Napoleonic forces. (source: Wikipedia)
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Location: Celobrdo, Budva Municipality, Montenegro
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