Treskavets Monastery

The monastery of Treskavets was built from the 13th to the 14th. It was destroyed and rebuilt by the Serbian ruler Stefan Uroš II Milutin (1282-1321), and he is registered as "Ktetor" (founder) in the monastery. Partially abandoned in the 15th century, it has been restored several times since then. The monastery was seriously damaged by a fire in 2013.

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