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DISAPPEARED CHURCH IN KOSOVO
Queen Helen (of Kosovo) had an Orthodox church built in the vicinity of Scutary and also aided the construction of a much greater number of Catholic places of worship, giving support to members of the order of St. Francis. Early sources reveal that in 1288 were consecrated Franciscan churches in monasteries in Kotor, Bar, Ulcinj and Scutary which echoed the characteristic appearance of religious buildings of the Umbrian-Tuscan type, with a simple, elongated space that could accommodate a large number of believers.
These ambitious ventures of Queen Helen were also sustained by her sons. A well-preserved inscription from 1290 states that with kings Dragutin and Milutin she had the church of SS Sergios and Bakchos built near Scutary on the bank of the Bojana; this church was subsequently sworn away by the river.
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THEOTHOKOS CHURCH - GRACANICA - KOSOVO
Sergius and Bacchus as depicted in October calendar portraits in the earlier fourteenth-century frescoes (betw. 1312 and 1321/1322) of the nave of the monastery church of the Theotokos at Gracanica in, depending on one's view of the matter, Serbia's province of Kosovo and Metohija or the Republic of Kosovo.

Saint Bacchus as depicted in another earlier fourteenth-century fresco of the nave of the monastery church of the Theotokos at Gracanica
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DECANI MONASTERY - KOSOVO

The Martyrdom of Sts. Sergios and Baccus - fresco from the Visoki Decani Monastery in, depending on one's view of the matter, either the Republic of Kosovo or Serbia's province of Kosovo and Metohija - Narthex, Central Nave, West Dome
Visoki Decani Monastery is a major Serbian Orthodox monastery, situated in Kosovo & Metohija, 12 km south from the town of Pec. Its cathedral is the biggest medieval church in the Balkans which contains the largest preserved monument of Byzantine fresco-painting.
The monastery was established in a chestnut grove by king Stefan Decanski in 1327. Its original founding charter is dated to 1330, however. Next year the king died and was buried at the monastery, which henceforth became his popular shrine. The construction activities were continued by his son Stefan Dusan until 1335, but the wall-painting was not completed until 1350.
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SVETI TROJICA CHURCH - SOPOCANI - KOSOVO

St. Sergius as depicted in a later thirteenth-century fresco (betw. 1263 and 1270) in the nave of the monastery church of the Sveti Trojica (Holy Trinity) at Sopocani in, depending on one's view of the matter, Serbia's province of Kosovo and Metohija or the Republic of Kosovo
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