Piva Monastery

The Piva Monastery (Serbian Manastir Piva / Манастир Пива ) is a Serbian Orthodox monastery on the territory of the municipality Plužine in the west of Montenegro. The monastery is next to the monasteries of Ostrog and Morača one of the most critical assets monastic life in Montenegro.

The church is a three-aisled basilica with a porch, but without a tower and dome. The church was built from 1573 to 1586 during the Ottoman rule and is the largest Serbian Orthodox church, which dates from this time. The monastery was set on fire three times in the course of its history, most recently in 1876. However, it was always rebuilt and repaired. In order to preserve the monastery from flooding by damming the Piva Dam, it was moved from 1970 to 1982 to its current location. The monastery church was moved brick by brick and rebuilt at the new site. Previously, the frescoes were detached from the walls, and could be attached to a new location again. So were the frescoes, of a total area of ​​1260 m² in the original condition.

The monastery complex includes residential building next to the church, a bakery and a spinning mill. In the treasury of valuable icons and gold work are kept, as well as four precious handwritten Gospels from the 16th century.

Main church of the monastery Piva

480513
de