Vracevšnica Convent and the lodging that used to be Serbia's capital for three years

VracevsnicaWhenever one hears the name of a small town on the Gornji Milanovac - Kragujevac road, Vracevšnica, one is reminded of the Middle Ages and the period right after the Battle of Kosovo. Leader Radic Postupovic had a convent built in this area between the third and the fourth decade of the 15th century. Torn down and restored, the convent has survived and is being kept by nuns. It consists of three lodgings built in different periods and the Church of St George. The tomb of and monument to Miloš's mother Višnja are situated in the cloister. The convent also has its treasury, where an 18th-century etching, a cross used during the Second Serbian Insurrection and pieces of furniture belonging to the Obrenovic Dynasty are being kept. The loging of Prince Miloš, which used to be Serbia's capital for three years until 1819, when it was moved to Kragujevac, is situated in Gornja Crnuca, three or four kilometers away from the convent.

 

Vujan Monastery, endowment of Queen Draga Mašin's predecessor

VujanThe woody Vujan hill overlooks Gornji Milanovac, and amidst the woods, there is the Vujan Monastery. It was built in 1905 by Nikola Milicevic Lunjevica, who participated in the Takovo insurrection, and who is a relative of the last queen of the Obrenovic Dynasty, Draga Mašin. The founder of the monastery and Miloš's Duke Lazar Mutap were buried at the monastery.


 

 

 

 

 


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