Dobrilovina Monastery

Monastery of St. George, Dobrilovina
Dobrilovina Monastery
Religion
AffiliationSerbian Orthodox Christianity
RegionPotarje, Tara River Canyon
RiteByzantine Rite
Year consecratedBefore 1592; again in 1594
StatusActive
Location
LocationMojkovac, Montenegro
Dobrilovina Monastery is located in Montenegro
Dobrilovina Monastery
Shown within Montenegro
TerritoryEparchy of Budimlja-Nikšić
Geographic coordinates43°01′40″N 19°24′03″E / 43.0278°N 19.4008°E / 43.0278; 19.4008
Architecture
StyleRaška school
Completed1609 (on an earlier foundation)
MaterialsStone, wood

The Dobrilovina Monastery (Serbian: Манастир Добриловина, romanizedManastir Dobrilovina) is a Serbian Orthodox monastery in Donja Dobrilovina, Mojkovac, northern Montenegro. It is located on the left Tara river banks, in a region known as Potarje, at the beginning of the Tara River Canyon, the deepest river canyon in Europe. The village of Dobrihnina (later Dobrilovina) was mentioned in a Nemanjić charter in 1253, though the oldest preserved mention of the monastery dates back to 1592, when the Ottoman authorities allowed the locals to rebuild their monastery in Dobrilovina. In 1609, the current standing church dedicated to St. George was finished; the frescoes were finished by 1613. This church has been pillaged, abandoned, destroyed and renovated several times since its founding.


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