Janja Monastery was probably built in the middle or end of the 15th century and was destroyed at the end of the 17th century. After 400 years, Janja Monastery was restored to its original appearance on 22 July 2012, the date of its consecration. The iconostasis and chandelier were painted by the icon and fresco painter M. Ivan Kovalčik Mileševac from Novi Sad.
Mažići Monastery was founded in the 12th century. The monastery complex was demolished and rebuilt several times, but it was definitively abandoned at the beginning of the 18th century. At the beginning of the 21st century, the monastery church was renovated, while the renovation of the entire complex is still in progress. During archaeological excavations of the complex, prehistoric burial mounds from the Bronze Age, Roman tombs and a necropolis (from the 9th and 10th centuries) around it were discovered.
The monastery of Uvac dates back to the Middle Ages and was built in the 12th and 13th centuries; according to tradition, we owe its foundation to the dynasty of Nemanjić. The monastery had its heyday in the first half of the 17th century, receiving many visitors and high dignitaries of the Serbian Orthodox Church; however, it was completely destroyed in 1698. After three centuries of abandonment, in 1994 the decision was taken to rebuild the monastery, under the direction of the National Museum in Užice and with the help of the state.
Prijepolje Cathedral, dedicated to St. Basil of Ostrog, was founded on 22 July 1890 in the centre of Prijepolje, on the site of an older church dating from 1852.
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