Serbian Saint Milutin Tower
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Serbian Saint Milutin Tower Српска кула Светог Милутина Srpska kula Svetog Milutina Ο Σερβικός Πύργος Του Αγίου Μιλούτιν | |
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Country | Serbian Orthodox Hilandar Monastery Greece |
Denomination | Serbian Orthodox |
Architecture | |
Functional status | Public access |
Style | Raška school Byzantine |
Years built | 13th century |
Serbian Saint Milutin Tower (Serbian: Српска кула Светог Милутина, romanized: Srpska kula Svetog Milutina, Greek: Ο Σερβικός Πύργος Του Αγίου Μιλούτιν) is a medieval defensive structure dedicated to Saint Stefan Milutin, located in Serbian Orthodox Hilandar Monastery in Mount Athos, Greece.[1]
Location
[edit]The tower is located north of the monastery near its harbor on the northern coast of the peninsula.[1]
History
[edit]It was built around the middle of the 13th century. Already in 1198, the monastery and its properties were donated by Eastern Roman Emperor Alexius I Comnenus to the Serbs as an eternal gift. The tower is named after Stefan II Milutin, king of Serbia in the period 1281–1321, he added the top floor and roof in 1302.[1]
Description
[edit]The tower is 45m high and is a representative example of towers from the late Byzantine period, characterized by strongly protruding buttresses.[1]
See also
[edit]References
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- History of the Serbs
- Nemanjić dynasty
- Medieval Serbian architecture
- Kingdom of Serbia (medieval)
- Serbian architectural styles
- Serbian Orthodox Church
- Serbian design
- 12th-century Serbian Orthodox church buildings
- Christian monasteries established in the 12th century
- Serbian Orthodox monasteries
- Byzantine sacred architecture
- Medieval Athos
- Greece–Serbia relations
- Rebuilt buildings and structures
- Byzantine Serbia
- Serbian Christians
- Eastern Orthodox Christians from Serbia
- Burials in Greece
- Hilandar Monastery
- Greece geography stubs