Mavrovo i Rostuše Municipality, North Macedonia
Saint Jovan Bigorski Monastery
Mavrovo i Rostuše Municipality, North Macedonia
Open to visitors
The interior is normally open, possibly ticketed.
Strollie cannot guarantee access — always check before you travel.
Saint Jovan Bigorski Monastery is a Macedonian Orthodox monastery in western North Macedonia, near the road linking Debar and Gostivar, within Mavrovo i Rostuše Municipality. Dating from 1001 and built in Byzantine style, it is a designated heritage site. Its church, dedicated to St. John the Baptist, contains an iconostasis created by Mijak wood-carvers, an example of wood-carved iconostasis in the region.
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- monastery
- Heritage
- Heritage Site in North Macedonia
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- Mavrovo i Rostuše Municipality, North Macedonia
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