Visoki Decani is a Serbian Orthodox monastery in western Kosovo, built by King Stefan Decanski and completed by his son Stefan Dusan. The church was built by a Franciscan friar from Kotor, Vita, in a mixture of Romanesque and Byzantine styles, in marble blocks of different colours. Its interior is covered with an exceptionally large number of frescoes, with more than a thousand portraits and many scenes, which make up one of the best preserved cycles of Byzantine painting of the period. The monastery houses the relics of King Stefan. It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and has been guarded by international peacekeepers since the late 1990s.
Before and after
- 1330Construction of Riga Castle
- from 1331 to 1333Gümmenenkrieg
- 27 May 1332Birth of Ibn Khaldun
- 1334Construction of Sheikh Safi al-Din Khānegāh and Shrine Ensemble
- 1335Origins of Visoki Dečani
- from 1336 to 1646Vijayanagara Empire
- from 1336 to 1573Muromachi period
- 8 April 1336Birth of Timur
- 1337Construction of Trinity Lavra of St. Sergius
More in Civilizations & archaeology
- from 618 CE to 907 CETang dynasty
- 622 CEConstruction of Prophet's Mosque
- 637 CEConstruction of Potala Palace
- from 750 CE to 1258Abbasid Caliphate
- from 800 CE to 1258Islamic Golden Age
- 1070Construction of Windsor Castle
The era
This moment belongs to the Medieval world (500 CE to 1500 CE), kingdoms, faiths and trade routes. You can also browse everything in the 14th century.