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GRGETEG Monastery-main entrance

GRGETEG Monastery-main entrance, Fruska Gora Nacionalni Park

 prleprle Says:  Monastery dosses are builded so close to the church building that’s almost impossible to make picture of the church alone. During WWII the monastery was severely damaged but it’s completely reconstructed. 

KRUSEDOL Monastery-church

KRUSEDOL Monastery-church, Fruska Gora Nacionalni Park

 prleprle Says:  The church was wall painted at first in XVI century, but its inside was painted with new layer of paintings in XVIII. There are still visible both of that layers, sometimes on the same picture! Iconostasis was formed of the icons from different times, some of them are date... 

KRUSEDOL Monastery/from the park

KRUSEDOL Monastery/from the park, Fruska Gora Nacionalni Park

 prleprle Says:  If you want to see a bunch of American tourists then you should visit this monastery. Reason is simply… all turist agencies has this monastery in his programs of sightseeing and foreign tourist has chance to visit only this one (and maybe few more) of all monasteries... 

BEOCIN Monastery

BEOCIN Monastery, Fruska Gora Nacionalni Park

 prleprle Says:  The iconostasis of the monastery church was made by Dimitrije Bacevic, Janko Halkozovic and Teodor Kracun, in the 1750s and 1760s Only one composition of the wall painting survived. It is was painted by wall painted by Janko Halkozovic in 1782. Simultaneously with the... 

BEOCIN Monastery

BEOCIN Monastery, Fruska Gora Nacionalni Park

 prleprle Says:  The monastery church is dedicated to the Assumption of Christ. The time of founding is unknown. It is firtst mentioned in Turkish records dated 1566-67, when its church was a small single-nave building modeled under the influence of traditional architecture. The monastery... 

Stražilovo

Stražilovo, Fruska Gora Nacionalni Park

 viddra Says:  Stražilovo is probably the largest and most famous picnic area here. This is also the place where a Serbian romantic poet and a famous student from Sremski Karlovci Grammar School, Branko Radičević, lies buried. 

SREMSKI KARLOVCI, the city-museum

SREMSKI KARLOVCI, the city-museum, Fruska Gora Nacionalni Park

 Prasnjavi Says:  "Oh Karlovci, dear place of mine!I came here as no more than just a child;and children's game was all that was important;figs and honey were the only sweet I knew.Just a child - unfledged bird;A bird that came and felt like home..."Part of a poem by Branko Radicevic 

Monastery KRUSEDOL, 1

Monastery KRUSEDOL, 1, Fruska Gora Nacionalni Park

 Prasnjavi Says:  The monastery Krusedol is a memorial of the last Serbian Duke Djordje Brankovic. It was built in 1516 and it was destroyed and renovated several times. Here were buried famous persons of Serbian history as are Arsenije III Carnojevic who leaded the great migration of Serbs... 

Monastery HOPOVO, 1

Monastery HOPOVO, 1, Fruska Gora Nacionalni Park

 Prasnjavi Says:  The Monastery of Novo Hopovo was built in 1576 and according to its history, it is a work of Srem's Brankovici. In the monastery stands out the fresco "Massacre of children in Betlehem" painted by the famous icon painter Teodor Kracun. 

Monastery KRUSEDOL, 4

Monastery KRUSEDOL, 4, Fruska Gora Nacionalni Park

 Prasnjavi Says:  During Second World War the monastery wasn't damaged but most of it's treasury were stolen. During the restoration works in 1962 a wall painting The Judgement Day was discovered. The church is famous of the remains of many important Serbs like sacred members of Brankovic... 

Monastery DJIPSA, 1

Monastery DJIPSA, 1, Fruska Gora Nacionalni Park

 Prasnjavi Says:  Monastery with its church of Saint Nikola, was built at late 15th century by Despot (Duke) Jovan Brankovic. It is guessed that it was abandoned in 17th century, and during the early 18th century it is mentioned as an metoch of the Kuvezdin Monastery. 

Monastery KUVEZDIN, 1

Monastery KUVEZDIN, 1, Fruska Gora Nacionalni Park

 Prasnjavi Says:  Monastery was first mentioned in documents from 1566. The old church with two cubes was in 1816 replaced with the new one. Monastery doss were finished at 1810. Iconostasis was done by Pavle Simic in 1848. 

Monastery DJIPSA, 2

Monastery DJIPSA, 2, Fruska Gora Nacionalni Park

 Prasnjavi Says:  The old building of the church was renewed during 1744. The greatest changes on the church were made during 1762/64 when new chapel of St. Mary was built.Iconostasis of the renewed church was painted during 1753/54 by Teodor Stefanov Glogovac. Since the beginning of the... 

Monastery KRUSEDOL, 3

Monastery KRUSEDOL, 3, Fruska Gora Nacionalni Park

 Prasnjavi Says:  The church was wall painted at first in 16th century, but it's inside was painted with new layer of paintings in 18th century. Iconostasis was formed of the icons from different times, some of whom are date from early 16th century. 

Monastery KRUSEDOL, 2

Monastery KRUSEDOL, 2, Fruska Gora Nacionalni Park

 Prasnjavi Says:  Monastery, founded by Bishop Maxim (former Despot Djordje Brankovic) was respectable from it's beginning and is mentioned during the earliest turkish record in 1546. stated as one with appreciable estate and richest in the region. In second half of 14thand 17th century it... 

Monastery GRGETEG, 2

Monastery GRGETEG, 2, Fruska Gora Nacionalni Park

 Prasnjavi Says:  In the Second World War the monastery suffered a lot and severely damaged and is gradually repaired since 1953. The monastery that has been renovated in the last few years, received a copy of the famous icon of Mother Trojerucica (Three Hands) from Hilandar as a gift. 

Monastery GRGETEG, 1

Monastery GRGETEG, 1, Fruska Gora Nacionalni Park

 Prasnjavi Says:  The Monastery of Grgeteg was built from 1465 to 1485. According to a legend, the founder of the monastery is Zmaj Ognjen Vuk. The monastery became deserted before the great migration, but bishop Isajia Djakovic renovated it in 1708. The new iconostasis was painted by Uros... 

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PETKOVICA monastery

PETKOVICA monastery, Fruska Gora Nacionalni Park

 prleprle Says:  The monastery church was dedicated to one of the most beloved saint on Balkans-St. Petka (Paraskeva) so it's reason while monastery is known as Petkovica. According to the tradition, founded by the widow of Stefan Stiljanovic, despotess Jelena. The monastery is first... 

SISATOVAC Monastery-detail

SISATOVAC Monastery-detail, Fruska Gora Nacionalni Park

 prleprle Says:  Church is in function now but there are still so much that has to be done especially in church interior. Have to say that it looks much better now then in early '90 when i visited this monastery for a first time. Monastery has really fine natural setting and also great... 

SISATOVAC Monastery

SISATOVAC Monastery, Fruska Gora Nacionalni Park

 prleprle Says:  The monastery with the church dedicated to the birth of the Virgin is situated on the western slopes of the Fruska Gora mountain. According to the written sources it was founded in 1520 by refugee monks from the Serbian monastery of Zica, who tore down the original church of... 

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 Monastery buildings that encircle the church were built from 1723 (northern wing) till 1735. Monastery has several valuable paintings of Russian artists from... 

 

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Nature & History

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 I live very close to that national park and use every moment I can to be there and to enjoy in natural and cultural treasure of that low but great mountain. Fruska gora is proclaimed a National Park... 

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THE CONTINENTAL HOLY MOUNTINE

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 The Fruska Gora Monasteries are the unique group of thickly situated monasteries built in the period from 15th to 18th century. Thirty five monasteries were built in a marvelous natural setting.... 

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FRUSKA GORA

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Sremska Lepotica

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 Fruška Gora (The Frushka Mountain) is a low mountain (its highest peak is 539m high) in the northern part of Srem, at the right riverside of the Danube, with 16 Orthodox monasteries and as many lakes.... 

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