What is "ravanica"

Ravanica can refer to:

• Ravanica Monastery, a monastery in Pomoravlje District, Serbia
• Vrdnik-Ravanica Monastery, a monastery in Srem, Vojvodina, Serbia
• Ravanica, a river in Serbia

Ravanica ( Serbian Cyrillic: Раваница) is a Serbian Orthodox monastery on Kučaj mountains near Ćuprija in Central Serbia. It was built in 1375–1377 as an endowment of prince Lazar of Serbia, who is buried there. The Ravanica church is called the birthplace of the new artistic movement "Morava school" because of architectural and artistic features. It is original blend of the Mount Athos and the cross-in-square five-domed model that became standard in the time of King Milutin.

Ravanica was declared Monument of Culture of Exceptional Importance in 1979, and it is protected by Republic of Serbia.

Ravanica is a village situated in Kraljevo municipality in Serbia.