Djurdjevi Stupovi, Nemanjic dynasty

Djurdjevi Stupovi is a 12th century church located in the vicinity of today's city of Novi Pazar, Sandzak region of Serbia and Montenegro. The church was erected by the Grand Prince of Rascia, Stefan Nemanja, back in 1169, on the spot where Serbian medieval capital of Ras once stood. It is currently under reconstruction and is expected to enter the UNESCO heritage list sometime in future. Novi Pazar (Нови Пазар) is a city and municipality located in the RaÅ¡ka District of Serbia, Serbia and Montenegro, at 43. ... This page is about a region in Serbia and Montenegro; for districts of the Ottoman Empire, see Sanjak. ... The title Grand Prince (Latin, Magnus Princeps; German, Großfürst, Finnish Suuriruhtinas, Swedish Storfurste, Lithuanian Didysis kunigaikÅ¡tis, Russian Великий князь Velikii kniaz) ranks in honour below Emperor and Tsar but higher than a sovereign Prince (Fürst) or Royal Prince. ... Raška (Raschka, Rascia, Rassa) was the central and most successful medieval Serbian state (or župa, area ruled by a župan) that unified neighboring Serbian tribes into the main medieval Serbian state in Balkans. ... Grand Prince/Duke Stefan Nemanja Stefan Nemanja (Serbian: Стефан Немања Мироточиви), Stefan I (1109-13 February 1199) was the Grand Prince of Rascia (Рашка), located in the central west region of the Balkans from 1166 to 25 March 1196 and founder of the House of Nemanja dynasty. ... RAS is an acronym that could mean one of the following: // Fiction Rescue Aid Society; see The Rescuers RAS (film) - a 1973 film by Yves Boisset Linguistics Redundant Acronym Syndrome Object Management Groups Reusable Asset Specification Professions Registered Accessibility Specialist Science and technology RAS genes and RAS proteins implicated in... UNESCO logo The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, commonly known as UNESCO, is a specialized agency of the United Nations established in 1945. ...