Monastery of Peć Patriarchate

The Monastery of Peć Patriarchate was built in the 13th century in the territory of Metohija, between 1230 and 1235, when the first church, the Church of the Holy Mother of God, was erected. This exceptional building represents the pinnacle of Byzantine architecture with deep roots in Orthodox tradition, and its founders, Archbishop Sava and King Stefan the First-Crowned, laid its foundations. The complex consists of several churches and chapels, whose architecture combines characteristic elements of Byzantine and Raška styles. The facades of the buildings are adorned with white marble, while the interior is embellished with fresco mosaics from various periods, depicting religious, Saint Sava-related, and historical motifs.

It serves as an eminent example of medieval sacred architecture, a jewel of Serbian spiritual and cultural heritage, and in 2006 was declared a cultural monument of exceptional importance and inscribed on UNESCO’s World Heritage List as a cultural landscape.

Our team’s work included the restoration of mural paintings in the Church of the Mother of God Odigitria and the restoration of the throne of the Holy Mother, which is used in ceremonies and liturgies at the Monastery of Peć Patriarchate. This involved thorough cleaning of the fresco surfaces from layers of dust, dirt, and old restoration coatings accumulated over the centuries. After cleaning, restorers meticulously filled in and retouched damaged parts of the frescoes using specially developed techniques and materials compatible with the original pigments, thereby contributing to the preservation of the authenticity of this precious cultural-historical heritage.