Uvac Monastery

Monastery in western Serbia

Uvac Monastery

Religion
Affiliation	Serbian Orthodox Christianity
Region	Zlatibor
Rite	Byzantine Rite
Year consecrated	12th or 13th century
Status	active
Location
Location	Serbia
Territory	Eparchy of Žiča
Architecture
Style	Raška school
Materials	stone, wood

The Uvac Monastery (Serbian: Манастир Увац) is a Serbian Orthodox monastery in western Serbia.

Architecture

The monastery was built in the Raška architectural school. In terms of architectural and spatial traits, there is resemblance between the Uvac Monastery, Morača Monastery, Church of the Annunciation Monastery in Ovčar Banja, Pustinja Monastery, Dobrilovina Monastery, Majstorovina Monastery, Tronoša Monastery and others.^[1]

References

^ Janićijević, Jovan (1998). The cultural treasury of Serbia. In terms of its spatial and architectural traits, the Church of the Virgin Mary of Uvac Monastery resembles the Church of the Annunciation Monastery at the foot of Mount Kablar, as well as some other shrines, such as Pustinja, Dobrilovina, Majstorovina, Tronoša and others.