The Monastery of the Holy Virgin in the Village of Lešje, near Paraćin, was built on the northwestern slope of Mount Baba, on a plateau that dominates the surrounding area.
Within the current monastery's grounds, there are remains of a church dated to the early 15th century. The medieval monastery was completely destroyed in the 17th century, leaving only the foundations and barely visible traces of the monastic complex. The church was of a three-aisled design with a dome above the central nave. During excavations in the 1970s, fragments of a cornice and fresco fragments were found.
MONASTERY OF THE HOLY VIRGIN, LEŠJE
Bibliography:
Prokić, R. (1986). Srednjovekovna arhitektura Petruške oblasti, str. 64–72, Zavod za zaštitu spomenika kulture Kragujevac, Kragujevac.
The Monastery of the Holy Virgin in Lešje was designated as a cultural heritage – cultural monument, by the Decision of the Institute for the Protection of Cultural Monuments in Kragujevac, No. 359/1, dated June 30, 1975, and as an immovable cultural heritage of great importance by the Decision of the Assembly of the Socialist Republic of Serbia, dated July 21, 1983 (‘Official Gazette of the SR Serbia’, No. 28/83).
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