Visoki Dečani (Serbian Cyrillic: Високи Дечани) is a major Serb Orthodox Christian monastery.The monastic katholikon is the largest medieval church in the Balkans containing the most extensive preserved fresco decoration.The monastery was established in a chestnut grove by Serbian King Stefan Uroš III Dečanski in 1327.In 2004, UNESCO listed the monastery on the World Heritage List, citing its frescoes as "one of the most valued examples of the so-called Palaeologan renaissance in Byzantine painting" and "a valuable record of the life in the 14th century".

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