Sokolica Monastery

Serbia and Montenegro / Kosovo and Metohija / Kosovska Mitrovica /
 monastery, orthodox christianity
The church of Virgin's Maphorion at Boljetin is better known as Sokolica, named after the hill at whose foot it is located. It was built in the 14th or 15th century probably by a landlord from the surroundings of the town of Zvečan. It got the rank of a monastery probably thanks to the sculpture of Virgin Mary with Christ which was brought there from the western portal of the Banjska Monastery in order to hide it from the Turks.

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Coordinates:   42°55'38"N   20°51'46"E
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