Mileševa monastery

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Mileševa monastery.
Mileševa monastery.
The White Angel.
The White Angel.

Mileševa (Serbian Cyrillic: Милешева) is a Serbian Orthodox monastery located near Prijepolje, in southwest Serbia. It was founded by the King of Serbia, Vladislav, between 1234 and 1236. The church has frescoes by the most skillful artists of that time, including one of the most famous in Serbian culture, the "White Angel", which depicts an angel on Christ's grave.

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