MonasteryĐurđevi Stupovi
was built by the end of 12th century
by Prvoslav, the son of
Nemanja's
brother Tihomir. Many monasteries and
churches tell the story on the rich holistic life of Serbs in this area. There
were seven bishops and nine metropolitans. Literary and painting schools
existed in this Monastery. Apart from Đurđevi Stupovi, the second most
important monastery in this area was Sudikovo, which was destroyed and burned
by theTurks
in 1738. Archbishop's
throne was vacant for more than 350 years. However, the Budimlja episcopate,
known as the
Budimlja-Nikšić
eparchyhas been restored in 2002 upon the appointment of bishop Joanikije. The
area of Berane municipality and its wider neighborhood, was part of the
Medieval Serbian state until 1455, when Turks took the city of
Bihor
and Budimlja. This valley was
populated with Serbians until mid of 17th century, when it went under terrible
suffering and many of them left. The Turks distributed the land to the
islamized population.
During the First Serbian Uprising (1804) and Karađorđe's (Leader of the uprising in Serbia)
marched to Novi Pazar, Sanjak,
and the people of this area rebelled and met the
