Privina Glava Monastery

The Privina Glava Monastery (Serbian: Манастир Привина Глава, romanized: Manastir Privina Glava) is a Serb Orthodox monastery on the Fruška Gora mountain in northern Serbia, in the province of Vojvodina. According to legend, Privina Glava was founded by a feudal lord whose name was Priba/Priva, in the 12th century while another attribution is the 15th century Srem despots of the Branković family. The earliest historical records about the monastery are dated in 1566/1567. The icons in the altar screen were painted by Andrej Šaltist in 1786, and the wall paintings by Kuzman Kolarić in 1791.[1][2]
Prvina Glava Monastery was declared Monument of Culture of Exceptional Importance in 1990, and it is protected by Republic of Serbia.[3]
See also
[edit]- Monasteries of Fruška gora - Fruškać
- Monasteries of Fruška Gora
- Monument of Culture of Exceptional Importance
- Tourism in Serbia
- List of Serb Orthodox monasteries
References
[edit]- ^ Janićijević, Jovan (1998). The Cultural Treasury of Serbia. IDEA. p. 548. ISBN 9788675470397.
- ^ Savičin, Dragoljub (2014). Manastir u Privinoj Glavi, najstariji na Fruškoj gori (1198-1212). Kulturno-obrazovni centar. pp. 2–5. ISBN 9788684411084.
- ^ Kulić, Branka; Srećkov, Nedeljka (1994). The Monasteries of the Fruška Gora. Provincial institute for the protection of the cultural monuments of Vojvodina. ISBN 9788676391158.
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