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THE VICINITY OF SREMSKI KARLOVCI
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Krusedol monastery is only 12 km away from Sremski Karlovci. It dates from the beginning of the 16th century. For a certain period, it represented the seat of Karlovci’s diocese. Many significant figures from the Serbian history are buried here, such as: Serbian patriarch Arsenije III Carnojevic, Serbian patriarch Arsenije IV jovanovic Sakabenta, countess Ljubica Obrenovic, Serbian king Milan Obrenovic, etc. |
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Velika Remeta monastery is situated 12 km away from Sremski Karlovci. A legend says that this monastery was founded by Serbian king Dragutin Nemanjic. One of the characteristic of this monastery is its bell tower 40 m high, the highest on Fruska Gora.
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Grgeteg monastery is situated 16 km from Sremski Karlovci. It is one of the oldest and, certainly, one of the most beautiful monasteries on Fruska Gora. The iconostasis in the monastery church was painted by Uros Predic, one of the most significant Serbian painter ever. The nearest replica of the icon called ’’The Virgin Mary with Three Hands’’ is kept in this monastery. This is the most famous and the most resprected icon among the Serbian people.
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Vrdnik monastery is situated 42 km from Sremski Karlovci. The monastery was founded in the 16th century. For a very long period of time, the holy relics of St Prince Lazar were kept in this monastery, and that is the reason why this monastery got a name Srem’s Ravanica.
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Jazak monastery is situated near a namesake village, 45 km from Sremski Karlovci. This is the youngest and, most probably, the most beautiful monastery on Fruska Gora that was founded in 18th century. The holy relics of the last Serbian emperor, Uros I Nemanjic, are kept in this monastery. Within the monastery complex, there is a spring, whose water is considered to have a curing effect.
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Novo Hopovo monastery is situated 30 km from Sremski Karlovci. It was founded on the place of a previous church from the 10th century. Dositej Obradovic spent three years in this monastery. In the monastery church, the holy relics of St Teodor Tiron (4th century) are kept, and these are the oldest and the most complete relics that the Serbian Orthodox Church has an Honour to keep.
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PETROVARADIN –TEKIJE, The Church of the Snowing Lady is situated 5 km from Sremski Karlovci. It was built in the second half of the 18th century in the memory of the great Christian victory over the Turks on August 5th 1716.There are the cross and the crescent on a church cupola, the symbols of the Christianity and Islam.
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