Building Name: | Gornjak Monastery |
Location: | Petrovac na Mlavi |
Religious Affiliation: | Serbian Orthodox Church |
Architecture Type: | Byzantine |
Architecture Style: | Byzantine |
Year Completed: | 1380[1] |
Materials: | Stone |
The Gornjak Monastery (Serbian: Манастир Горњак|Manastir Gornjak), also known as Ždrelo (Ждрело), is a 14th-century Serbian Orthodox monastery located in the vicinity of today's city of Petrovac, Serbia.[2]
Gornjak monastery is located in Gornjacka gorge, between Žagubica and Petrovac na Mlavi. Construction of the monastery was finished in 1380 by Starats (Elder) Grigorije and his brethren, and the founder was King Lazar of Serbia.