Velika Remeta monastery
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: Манастир Велика Ремета / Manastir Velika Remeta) is a Serb Orthodox
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on the Fruška Gora
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mountain in the northern Serbia
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n province of Vojvodina
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. Traditionally, its founding is linked to King Dragutin. The earliest historical records about the monastery date to 1562.
Velika Remeta monastery was declared Monument of Culture of Exceptional Importance
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in 1990, and it is protected by Republic of Serbia.
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- Monument of Culture of Exceptional ImportanceMonuments of Culture of Exceptional Importance (Serbia)Cultural Monuments of Exceptional Importance are the monuments in the Republic of Serbia that have the highest level of the State protection, and some of them are part of the UNESCO World Heritage Sites....
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- Monasteries of Fruška Gora
- List of Serb Orthodox monasteries