Vrdnik-Ravanica monastery

For other uses, see Ravanica (disambiguation).
Vrdnik-Ravanica monastery

The Vrdnik-Ravanica Monastery (Serbian: Манастир Врдник-Раваница / Manastir Vrdnik-Ravanica), also called Little Ravanica (Мала Раваница), is a Serb Orthodox monastery in Vrdnik in the Fruška Gora mountains in the northern Serbia, in the province of Vojvodina. The exact date of its founding is unknown. The records indicate that the church was built at the time of Metropolitan Serafim, in the second half of the 16th century.

Vrdnik-Ravanica Monastery was declared Monument of Culture of Exceptional Importance in 1990, and it is protected by Republic of Serbia.

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Coordinates: 45°07′42″N 19°47′04″E / 45.12833°N 19.78444°E / 45.12833; 19.78444


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