Rača Monastery
Tara · The Drina and Bajina Bašta
A 13th-century monastery near Bajina Bašta, known for its school of manuscript copyists.
How to get there
- 9 km from the centre
- Timetables Beograd – Bajina Bašta: 3 departures on weekdays, from 3 h 45 min
About
The Rača Monastery (Serbian: манастир Рача / manastir Rača) is a Serbian Orthodox monastery 7 km south of Bajina Bašta, Serbia. The monastery was built by Stefan Dragutin (1276–1282). The monastery became a place where Serbian rulers, nobles, and church dignitaries were buried. The monks translated texts from Ancient Greek, wrote histories, and copied manuscripts (the most famous scriptorium was in Rača, known as the Rača School (Serbian: Рачанска школа / Račanska škola), which flourished from the sixteenth to the eighteenth century); they translated and copied not only liturgical but scientific and literary works of the period. History of Serbian literature owes most of its creativity to the Rača School and its alumni, Kiprijan, Jerotej, Čirjak, Simeon, Teodor, Hristifor, Gavrilo Stefanović Venclović, etc.