Zitomislich Orthodox Monastery




ABOUT THE TREASURE
Another smaller church already stood in the ?itomisli? monastery, on that site prior, when in 1566 the present monastery church of the Holy Annunciation was built. Thanks to various artists, the modest architecture of the church gradually acquired a range of embellishments: capitals resembling stechaks (Mediaeval Bosnian gravestones), frescoes, the gilded, carved iconostasis, iconography, a carved portal, the great ambo, illuminated manuscripts, and goldsmiths’ work (a reliquary, thurible), a collection of plates, crucifixes and icon lamps. Among the most valuable works of art is a highly unusual capital showing a deer hunt and bear hunt of the kind featured on stechaks. Of great significance is the iconostasis, where the local wood-carver used motifs from the late gothic Dalmatian woodcarving and from the Islamic decorative art. The royal doors, painted by Radul in 1675, are also of great value.
During 1992-1995, the church and its lodgings were completely destroyed, and during 2005 rehabilitation works of the whole ensemble were conducted.
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