White Angel

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White Angel (Serbian Cyrillic: Бели анђео; Serbian Latin: Beli anđeo) is a detail of a fresco from the Mileševa monastery circa 1230 AD in Serbia, Mironosnice na Hristovom grobu (Myrrhbearers on Christ's Grave). It is also one of the most famous frescoes in Serbian culture. It depicts an angel sitting in front of the tomb of Christ. This monastery belongs to a Latin period in Byzantine art.

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• Serbian monasteries