Ljubostinja Monastery
Vrnjačka Banja · Around the spa
A convent (c. 1388) founded by Princess Milica, widow of Prince Lazar, who is buried here — a fine Morava-school church.
How to get there
- 9 km from the centre
- Website
- spomenicikulture.mi.sanu.ac.rs/spomenik.php?id=579
About
The Ljubostinja Monastery (Serbian: Манастир Љубостиња, romanized: Manastir Ljubostinja) is located on the left bank of the West Morava river, 4 kilometers north of Trstenik, in the area of the village of Prnjavor (Trstenik). It belongs to the Eparchy of Kruševac of the Serbian Orthodox Church. It was built on the eve of the Battle of Kosovo, at the end of 1388, as the first female monastery in Serbia. It is the endowment of Princess Milica, who, according to legend, saw Prince Lazar here for the first time, when a mutual love was born between them simultaneously - hence, according to one theory, the name of the monastery (ljubvestin - place of love). The princess took her monastic vows in Ljubostinja in 1392, and spent the rest of her life here, together with her friend, the medieval Serbian writer, Despotess Jelena Mrnjavčević - later nun Jefimija.
From other cities
- Beograd → Vrnjačka Banja 10 departures on weekdays, from 3 h 15 min
- Kraljevo → Vrnjačka Banja 33 departures on weekdays, from 15 min
- Kragujevac → Vrnjačka Banja 3 departures on weekdays, from 1 h 18 min
- Novi Sad → Vrnjačka Banja 3 departures on weekdays, from 5 h