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The old church in Uzice is situated in the town centre , in the part of the town known as Carina . The church was mentioned for the first time in the third decade of the 18th century as a small church-wattle house, built in the style of wooden churches and located in the Serbian part of the town .. Feliks Kanic mentions Marko’s church in Uzice which is said to have been built in 1928, in the “bondruk” style, with steep and high roof, covered with shingles, with a small wooden tower on the west side.<\/p>\n
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A wooden bell-tower, 22 m, high, was built next to the church. By its harmonious forms and beauty it is unique in Serbia. The church contains precious icons and numerous valuables and relics, including the parts of the old iconostasis, the work of the iconographer Simeon Lazarevic. The icons were made in 1851, probably by Dimitrije Posnikovic. The church contains a collection of engravings made from the 17th to 19th century, as well as the works of applied art and those made by Uzice coppersmiths.<\/p>\n
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At the initiative of well-off merchants and distinguished citizens of Uzice , the main church , dedicated to St. George was built from 1842-1844.It is situated in the town centre, not far from the Grammar school . The iconostasis and the frescoes were made between 1851. and 1856. by the painters Dimitrije Posnikovic and Milija Markovic. The church used to have three bell-towers of which two have been preserved. One of the preserved towers was a gift of prince Alexander Karadjordjevic to the town. The missing bell is the one taken by the Austrians in World War I. In 1859. the first public clock was placed on the church tower.<\/p>\n
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According to its architecture the White church in Karan belongs to the type of the monuments of the Raska school. Apart from the two main cycles “Big holidays ” and “The Life of the Mother of God”, numerous other portraits are presented on the frescoes of the church: those of patron Brajan with his family, of tsar Dusan, tsarina Jelena and of other history characters. The frescoes continue the tradition of the art from the early 14th century. The original gold iconostasis with fresco-icons has been kept in the church .<\/p>\n
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It is situated in the village of Karan, 16 km away from Uzice. The church is dedicated to the Annunciation of the Mother of God. Archeological explorations have confirmed that at the site where the church stands there used to be a settlement in Roman times. Next to the church itself several well preserved Roman grave markers (stelas) have been found. It was erected between 1332. and 1337. as a family tomb of prefect Petar, also known as Brajan.<\/p>\n
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Two examples of The Rujan Four Gospels have been preserved: one, incomplete example with 92 sheets, is in the library of SANU in Belgrade, another one, complete with 296 sheets, in the State library in Russian Saint Petersburg. Centuries after the printing of that first book, the monastery lasted, but it did not withstand the test of time. Its remains were submerged by the construction of a water reservoir. Nevertheless, the people of the Uzice region, in cooperation with the church dignitaries, restored the Rujno monastery, not far from the place where it was located in the Middle Ages.<\/p>\n
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A building of unusual beauty, a temple of faith and books, rose above Lake Vrutci, on the part of the coast belonging to the area of the village of Bioska, around fifteen kilometers from Uzice. It is the restored Rujno monastery, the pride of this region, the modern successor of the monastery of the same name from the Middle Ages. In this medieval monastery, while the Turkish invaders were ravaging Serbia, the first book in this region was printed, known as The Rujan Four Gospels. And it happened only 48 years after Gutenberg. The hieromonk Teodosije did that by carving letters in wood, placing them in a wooden frame and printing on paper with one mold in two colors.<\/p>\n
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