Medieval Monuments in Kosovo
The four edifices of the site reflect the high points of
the Byzantine-Romanesque ecclesiastical culture, with its distinct style
of wall painting, which developed in the Balkans between the 13th and
17th centuries. The Deฤani Monastery was built in the mid-14th century
for the Serbian king Stefan Deฤanski and is also his mausoleum. The
Patriarchate of Peฤ Monastery is a group of four domed churches
featuring series of wall paintings. The 13th-century frescoes of the
Church of Holy Apostles are painted in a unique, monumental style. Early
14th-century frescoes in the church of the Holy Virgin of Ljevisa
represent the appearance of the new so-called Palaiologian Renaissance
style, combining the influences of the eastern Orthodox Byzantine and
the Western Romanesque traditions. The style played a decisive role in
subsequent Balkan art.
