Vratna monastery
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Vratna monastery, now Vratna nunnery (Вратна) is a 14th century Serbian Orthodox monastery in the village of Vratna
Vratna
Vratna is a village in the municipality of Negotin, Serbia. According to the 2002 census, the village has a population of 316 people....

 in Negotin
Negotin
Negotin is a town and municipality in the Bor District of north-eastern Central Serbia. It is situated near the borders between Serbia, Romania and Bulgaria. It is the judicial center of the Bor District. The population of the town is 16,716 while municipality has 36,879.-Name:The etymology of the...

, Serbia
Serbia
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, founded by Serbian king Stefan Milutin (1282–1321) of the House of Nemanjić
House of Nemanjic
The Nemanjić was the most important dynasty of Serbia in the Middle Ages, and one of the most important in Southeastern Europe. The royal house produced eleven Serbian monarchs between 1166 and 1371. It's progenitor was Stephen Nemanja, who descended from a cadet line of the Vukanović dynasty...

 and Saint Nikodim I
Saint Nikodim I
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. It is situated below the Vratna canyon and the nearby Vratna river flows through the village.
It was rebuilt in 1415 by Šarban
Sarban
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 from Struza
Struza
Struża is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Trawniki, within Świdnik County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland. It lies approximately west of Trawniki, south-east of Świdnik, and south-east of the regional capital Lublin.-References:...

 attested in papers found by bishop Genadije in 1856. The monastery was burndamaged in 1813 and renovated by 1817.

The monastery was torn down between World War I
World War I
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 and World War II
World War II
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. It is since a female monastery (nunnery), one of three monasteries in Negotin
Negotin
Negotin is a town and municipality in the Bor District of north-eastern Central Serbia. It is situated near the borders between Serbia, Romania and Bulgaria. It is the judicial center of the Bor District. The population of the town is 16,716 while municipality has 36,879.-Name:The etymology of the...

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