The Monastery
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| Monastery information | |
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| Full Name | Тврдош |
| Order | Serbian Orthodox |
| Established | 15th century |
| Diocese | Eparchy of Zahumlje and Herzegovina |
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| Location | Trebinje, Republika Srpska Bosnia and Herzegovina |
Tvrdoš (Serbian: Тврдош) is a 15th-century Serb Orthodox monastery near the city of Trebinje, Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The 4th-century foundations of the first Roman church on the site are still visible today.
The Orthodox monastery was established there in the 15th century, with a cathedral constructed about 1508 and painted with murals by Vicko Lavrov from Dubrovnik in 1517. The monastery remained a seat of the Metropolitans of Herzegovina until the Ottoman Turks destroyed it in 1694. The current building of the monastery was constructed in 1924.
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