Nearby · About 5 minutes by car

Bođani Monastery

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Bođani Monastery is five minutes from Vajska. According to legend it was founded in 1478 by Bogdan, a merchant from Dalmatia, who went blind near the Danube, regained his sight at a nearby spring and built the monastery in gratitude; it is named after him (Wikipedia).

The monastery is dedicated to the Presentation of the Virgin. The present church dates from 1722 and was painted by Hristofor Žefarović in the 1730s. Since 1990 it has been a Cultural Monument of Exceptional Importance (Wikipedia).

Driving times from Vajska are approximate, calculated from OpenStreetMap data.

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