Tags: World Heritage Site.
The Sopoćani monastery (Serbian Cyrillic: Сопоћани) (pronounced [sǒpotɕani]) an endowment of King Stefan Uroš I of Serbia was built in the second half of the 13th century near the source of the Raška River in the region of Ras the centre of the Serbian medieval state. It is a designated World Heritage Site added in 1979 with Stari Ras.
