The Vraćevšnica Monastery is located on the southern side of the Rudnik Mountain, in the municipality of Gornji Milanovac, in the valley of the Vraćevšnica River. It was built in 1428/29. The church within the monastery is dedicated to Saint George. The painting of the church was completed in 1431. With the fall of the Serbian despotism, the monastery was deserted. It was restored in 1579, but as early as 1682 it suffered greatly, and was completely abandoned during the Great Migration of the Serbs (1690). It was rebuilt again during the Austrian occupation (1718-1739). The monastery played an important role in the Serbian Uprisings against the Ottoman Empire. At the end of the First Serbian Uprising in 1812, an assembly of all national elders of the First Serbian Uprising was held in the monastery under the leadership of Vožd Karađorđe. In 1815, Abbot Melentije gave communion to Prince Miloš and the Serbian insurgents before the beginning of the Second Serbian Uprising. A school, one of the oldest in Serbia, started working in the monastery in the 1920s. To the south of the church is a guesthouse that was most likely built by Radič Postupović in the 15th century and was renovated in 1834. On the north side is another guesthouse that was built by Prince Miloš in 1825. The new guesthouse with the bell tower was then built between 1868 and 1870. During the renovation of the monastery complex, Prince Miloš erected a monument to his mother, Baba Višnja, on the west side of the church. Vraćevšnica has been a women's monastery since 1935.
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