Exterior of the Dečani monastery, Kosovo.
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5120 x 3413 px | 43.3 x 28.9 cm | 17.1 x 11.4 inches | 300dpiDate taken:
4 May 2013More information:
Exterior of the Dečani monastery, Kosovo. The Visoki Dečani monastery was built in the mid-14th century in Byzantine-Romanesque style, although It was founded before, in 1327, by the Serbian King Stephen Uroš III Nemanja. In 2004, due to systematic destruction of Orthodox churches and monasteries by the Kosovo Albanian side, and because its historical and artistic importance, UNESCO declared the Visoki Dečani monastery as World Heritage Site, in 2006, this statement was expanded to three new Orthodox religious sites: the monastery of Gračanica, the Patriarchate of Peć and the church of the Holy Virgin Ljeviša in Prizren, and also inscribed them into the List of World Heritage in danger. Their safety depends on the protection offered by international NATO troops in Kosovo (KFOR)