Gradac (Градац)

15 km west of the main road between Novi Pazar and Studenica	Rocky outcrop along the road	Entering the Golija-Studenica Biosphere Reserve, Serbia	Gradac Monastery was recommended to me by the staff at Sopoćani
Gradac dates from the end of the 13th Century	Манастир Градац	Like other Serbian Orthodox monasteries in the area, Gradac was mostly abandoned during the Ottoman period	A didn't realize before coming, but there was a festival going on at Gradac this day
Festival at Gradac Monastery	Medieval costumes at Gradac Festival	Fresco over the main portal at Gradac	Inside Gradac Monastery
The monastery was restored 1963-1975	Fresco paintings, Gradac Monastery	Fresco paintings, Gradac Monastery	Fresco paintings, Gradac Monastery
Gradac Monastery	Gradac Monastery	Gradac Monastery	Gradac Monastery
Gradac Monastery	Young Serbian boy in traditional clothing	Serbian Orthodox priest addressing the festival	Medieval festival, Gradac Monastery
Man in the costume of a medieval Serbian noble	Serbian Orthdox priest, Gradac Monastery	Gradac Monastery on festival day - Sunday 15 May 2011	Climbing the old arch for a better view
Gradac Monastery through the old gate	Gradac Monastery - 13th Century	Gradac Monastery	Gradac Monastery
Gradac Monastery	A small chapel at the Gradac Monastery cemetery	Old cemetery at Gradac Monastery	Serbian tombstone, Gradac Monastery
SRB - Serbian license plate	SRB - Srbija	Bullock cart on the small dirt road linking Gradac to Studenica via the village of Rudno	Haystacks along the dirt road between Rudno and Studenica Monastery
The road to Studenica