Prijepolje
Culture and tourism
Culture and tourism
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[right\|thumb\|250px\|[Mileševa monastery](/wiki/Mile%C5%A1eva_monastery "Mileševa monastery")](/wiki/File:Manastir_Mileseva.jpg "Manastir Mileseva.jpg")
Prijepolje has many historical monuments from both the periods of Christianity and Islam. The [Mileševa monastery](/wiki/Mile%C5%A1eva_monastery "Mileševa monastery") is located 6 km to the east of Prijepolje on the [Mileševka River](/wiki/Mile%C5%A1evka_River "Mileševka River"). The monastery is famous for *[The White Angel](http://www.uzice.net/mileseva/bandjeo.htm)* [fresco](/wiki/Fresco "Fresco"), a famous and widely used religious icon in [Serbia](/wiki/Serbia "Serbia") as well as being the former resting place of [St. Sava](/wiki/St._Sava "St. Sava"), Serbia's most honored patriarch.

A famous monument from the Turkish period, the [Sahat\-Kula](/wiki/Sahat-Kula "Sahat-Kula"), is in town, as well as several mosques, one of which is in [Hisardžik](/wiki/Hisard%C5%BEik "Hisardžik"), interesting because of a four\-hundred\-year\-old wooden [Quran](/wiki/Quran "Quran") which was recently unearthed. Jusovića's kula tower, built in the 18th century as a protective house tower for the wealthy. Currently in ruins, there are plans being made to reconstruct this building, adding another unique monument to Prijepolje.

The Museum of Prijepolje is a very significant part of the cultural life of Prijepolje. It serves as a gathering place for artists from diverse locations to visit Prijepolje, and corroborate on large projects to improve the town's culture. In addition to the museum, there is also another major cultural building in Prijepolje, where amateurs, led by Meša Šendelj, are very active in refreshing the cultural life in Prijepolje.[Milinko Femić, Prijepoljski kraj u prostoru i vremenu](https://books.google.com/books?id=KX9SNQAACAAJ)


What is Milinko Femić's book about?