Chelandari Monastery.
Chelandari Monastery.
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88. Chelandari
monastery, tower
of Milutin (Μονή
Χελανδαρίου,
πύργος του
Μιλούτιν)
88.
Chelandari Monastery.
The monastery was founded in the late 12th c. by Serbian sov-
ereign Stephen Nemanja and his son, who both renounced
all worldly matters to pursue a life of spirituality. Serbian sov-
ereign Stephen Urosh II Milutin established the catholicon in
1293, an athonite church with two-columned lite and exon-
arthex. The interior was ornamented with exquisite marble in-
lays, marble altar screen and wall-paintings, among the great-
est in the Palaeologan period. Stephen Urosh also sponsored
the establishment of the refectory, the guestroom, the funerary
church of the Annunciation, the coastal fortified complex of
Aghios Vasileios, and a tower that was named after him and is
preserved in a good condition.
88. Chelandari
monastery, Aghios
Vasileios complex
(Μονή Χελανδαρίου,
συγκρότημα Αγίου
Βασιλείου)
