Pustinja Monastery

The Pustinja Monastery (Serbian: Манастир Пустиња, romanized: Manastir Pustinja) is a Serbian Orthodox monastery in village Poćuta near Valjevo in Central Serbia.^[1]

Pustinja monastery

Pustinja Monastery
Location within Serbia
Monastery information
Other names	Манастир Пустиња
Dedicated to	Presentation of Mary
Site
Location	village Poćuta near Valjevo in Central Serbia
Coordinates	44°11′47″N 19°43′36″E
Public access	yes

According to local legends this monastery was built in the 13th century by king Dragutin. Scientific researches found that the monastery was actually built in 1622 on the remnants of the older monastery which was built in the 11th century.^[2] The construction of the monastery has been completed on 25 June 1622.^[3]

Architecture

The monastery was built in the Raška architectural school. In terms of architectural and spatial traits, there is resemblance between the Uvac Monastery, Church of the Annunciation Monastery in Ovčar Banja, Pustinja Monastery, Dobrilovina Monastery, Majstorovina Monastery, Tronoša Monastery and others.^[4]

See also

• List of Serb Orthodox monasteries