BLAGO Blog

Last week, the BLAGO Fund had the opportunity to present their work at the international online conference organized by the University of Bamberg. The two-day conference, entitled "Islamic Medieval Wall Paintings: Towards an Interdisciplinary Approach," brought together scholars and professionals from diverse disciplines and fields, covering a wide...

We have published the collection of the St George Church in Staro Nagorichane. The Church of St. George in Staro Nagoričane is a masterpiece of Byzantine art, renowned for its architecture and frescoes. Initially founded in the 11th century, possibly by Byzantine Emperor Romanos IV Diogenes (1068–1071), the church was rebuilt between 1312 and ...

We have published the collection of Monastery Ravanica. The collection includes over a thousand pictures taken during our visits to the monastery in June 2024. The Monastery of Ravanica is located in central Serbia, near the town of Ćuprija, in the foothills of the Kučaj mountains. The monastery church dedicated to the Ascension is the foundat...

Last week, our associate, Dr. Ivana Lemcool, gave a lecture at Stanford University. The lecture titled "Making Sacred Spaces Virtual: The Role of Digital Tools in Preservation and Demarginalization of Ecclesiastical Art of Southeastern Europe" was held within the "Global Approaches to Sacred Space" Workshop organized by Prof. Bissera...

We have published the collection of Monastery Koporin. The collection includes over a thousand pictures taken during our visits to the monastery in June of 2024. It is situated near the town of Velika Plana, in the valley of the Koporin River. The church presently dedicated to Saint Stephen (originally to Holy Archangels) is an endowment of an unkn...

After two field trips in 2021 and 2023 and extensive post-processing work, we have published the collection of Monastery Grachanica. The collection includes over five thousand pictures out of the fifteen thousand taken during our visits to the monastery. The panorama movie walk offers a unique view of the monastery church interior, showcasing the s...

The Sisojevac Monastery, located at the source of the Crnica River near Ćuprije and close to the Ravanica Monastery, has a rich history. Its origins are linked to the priest Sisoj, mentioned in a charter by Princess Milica from 1398 when she was known as nun Evgenija. It is believed that the monastery church of the Transfiguration was built during ...

The BLAGO Fund-sponsored session took place at the International Medieval Congress in Leeds, UK. The Congress organized by the Institute for Medieval Studies at the University of Leeds is Europe's largest annual gathering of medievalists worldwide. This year's thematic focus of the Congress was 'Crisis', and it was attended by approx...

Our new collection of the Naupara monastery is available on our website. The church was built, most probably, in the 1370s, modeled after the palatial church of Prince Lazar in nearby Kruševac. It has a trefoil plan, with a dome above its central area and a bell tower above the narthex. In addition to sculptural decoration which is characteristic o...

Our new collection of the Rudenica monastery is available on our website. Last summer, we visited this exceptional monument of the Morava school of architecture, foundation of  nobleman Vukašin and his wife Vukosava. Their portraits have been preserved in the nave of the church, alongside the portraits of Despot Stefan Lazarević and his b...