Koporin

Saint Stephen Church

Koporin Monastery (Serbian: Манастир Копорин) is a monastery at the outskirts of the town of Velika Plana, Serbia, just off the road to Smederevska Palanka. The monastery church, dedicated to the St. Stephen, was built during the reign of Despot Stefan Lazarević (1389–1427) whose portrait is preserved as a fresco inside the church, under the inscription "Despot". Stefan Lazarević acquired this title after the Battle of Ankara in 1402, and on that basis paintings was dated. Ktetor and exact time of monastery founding is unknown. Stefan Lazarević is buried in this church. Monastery was in the dilapidated state until the 1880, when first reconstruction started. In the late fifties and the sixties of 20th century, massive conservation of architectural elements and paintings was finished.

Koporin Monastery was declared Monument of Culture of Great Importance in 1979, and it is protected by Republic of Serbia.^[1]

See also

• Tourism in Serbia

References

• Regional Chamber of Commerce Požarevac, prepared by Dr. Novaković Radmila Kostić, 2005.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Koporin Monastery.

• Secrets of Koporin Despot St. Stephen (Church, no. 945-946, August 1, 2006).

Coordinates: 44°18′54.51″N 21°00′06.07″E / 44.3151417°N 21.0016861°E / 44.3151417; 21.0016861

Cultural Heritage of Serbia
Archaeological sites	Exceptional Importance Great Importance Protected
Cultural Monuments	Exceptional Importance Great Importance Protected
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