Piva Monastery
The Piva Monastery ( Serbian Manastir Piva Манастир Пива ) is a Serbian Orthodox monastery on the territory of the Plužine municipality in western Montenegro . Along with the Ostrog and Morača monasteries, the monastery is one of the most important structures of monastic life in Montenegro.
The monastery church is a three- aisled basilica with a vestibule , but without a tower and dome. The church was built from 1573 to 1586 during the Ottoman rule and is the largest Serbian Orthodox church building that was built during this period. The monastery was set on fire three times in the course of its history, the last time in 1876. However, it was repeatedly rebuilt and repaired. In order to protect the monastery from flooding caused by the damming of the Piva reservoir , it was moved to its current location from 1970 to 1982. The monastery church was torn down stone by stone and rebuilt at the new location. The frescoes had previously been removed from the walls and could be replaced in a new place. So the original frescos were preserved from a total area of 1260 m².
In addition to the church, the monastery complex includes residential buildings, a bakery and a spinning mill. Valuable icons and goldsmith's work are kept in the treasury , as well as four precious handwritten gospels from the 16th century.
Overview of the monastery grounds
Main church of the Piva monastery
Web links
- Манастир Пива Website of the monastery (Serbian / Montenegrin)
- www.heritage.cg.yu: "The Piva Monastery"
Coordinates: 43 ° 6 ′ 36 ″ N , 18 ° 49 ′ 7 ″ E