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Zavala Monastery

Ravno Municipality, Bosnia and Herzegovina · built 1514

The Zavala Monastery (Manastir Zavala, Croatian: Samostan Zavala) is a Serbian Orthodox monastery located in the village of Zavala on the southwestern edge of Popovo Polje, in Ravno, Bosnia and Herzegovina municipality, in the southernmost part of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The northern wall of the monastery's church is situated within a cave. This monastery is also known as a place where Basil of Ostrog entered into monasticism.

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Other monasteries in Bosnia and Herzegovina