The Jošanica Monastery is located on the slopes of Crni Vrh. There is no reliable information about when it was built, but the oldest record of it dates back to 1786, from a patron inscription referring to the church's restoration. The Jošanica hurch is a single-nave building with a semi-circular apse on the east and a square narthex on the west. It is vaulted with a semi-dome, and there is a dome above the central space. Above the narthex, there is a lower, blind dome, roughly finished. The church is built from rough stone in the lower zones, while the upper parts are made of alternating bricks, roof tiles, and plaster in a herringbone pattern. The long facades feature three shallow blind arcades. The tambours of the domes, the roof cornices, and the windows are plastically processed. On the western side of the church, the foundations of the exo-narthex from the early 19th century are visible. Inside the church, part of the fresco painting has been preserved, which, based on its stylistic and iconographic features, is associated with the painting of the second half of the 14th century. The monastic residence is of a later date than the church and, based on its characteristics, belongs to the construction style of the early 19th century.

Bibliography:

• Korać, Vojislav, and Nevenka Petrović. Arheološki spomenici i nalazišta u Srbiji, II: Centralna Srbija. Beograd, 1956, pp. 162–163.