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                   Gracanica Monastery near Pristina the last church built by King Milutin
                   is certainly second to none among the Serbian masterpieces. Built on
                   Kosovo Field  between 1317-1321, it was the seat of the bishop of Lipljan,
                   and ultimately it might have been planned as the final resting place of King
                   Milutin. Among the standing saints and Christological compositions are
                   the scenes of the Last Judgment and the portraits of King Milutin and his
                   Byzantine-born Queen Simonide, daughter of Emperor Andronikos II.
 

 
 
 

 
Gracanica monastery near Pristina (Kosovo), 14th century
 

 
 
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