Saint Jovan Bigorski Monastery and Church

File / Documentation

Name

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1.24 MB

Format

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Checksum (MD5)

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Creator(s)

Byzantine

Time period

creation date: Church, ca. 1020, destruction date: Monastery by Ottomans, 16th century, restoration date: Monastery, ca. 1743, alteration date: Monastery expanded, ca. 1812-1825, destruction date: by fire, old parts of Monastery, 2009, restoration date: Monastery, 2010

Location

Site: Debar (Macedonia)

Cultural context

Byzantine

Description

exterior, west facade, stone fountain house with niches, 1991

Work type

Church

Monastery

Keywords

Churches

Monasteries