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Visoki DeÄŤani monastery



Visoki Dečani (Serbian: Манастир Високи Дечани or Manastir Visoki Dečani) is a major Serb Orthodox Christian monastery in the southern Serbian province of Kosovo, 12 km south of the town of Peć. Its cathedral is the biggest medieval church in the Balkans which contains the largest preserved monument of Byzantine fresco-painting.



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