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    Visoki Dečani Monastery, SERBIA

    Visoki Dečani (Serbian Cyrillic: Високи Дечани) is a major Serb Orthodox Christian monastery located in disputed Serbia's province of Kosovo and Metohija, 12 km south of the town of Peć. The monastic katholikon is the largest medieval church in the Balkans containing the most extensive preserved fresco decoration.

    The monastery was established in a chestnut grove by Serbian King Stefan Uroš III Dečanski in 1327. Its original founding charter is dated to 1330. The following year the king died and was buried at the monastery, which henceforth became his popular shrine. Indeed, the epithet Dečanski refers to the king's foundation of the monastery. The construction was continued by his son Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan until 1335, but the wall-painting was not completed until 1350.

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    The Patriarchate of Peć, SERBIA

    The Patriarchate of Peć (Serbian: Пећка патријаршија or Pećka Patrijaršija) is a Serbian Orthodox monastery located near Peć, in Kosovo and Metohija. The complex of churches is the spiritual seat and mausoleum of the Serbian archbishops and patriarchs.

    On July 13, 2006 it was placed on UNESCO's World Heritage List as an extension of the Visoki Dečani site which was overall placed on the List of World Heritage Sites in danger.

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