The 13th cen­tu­ry monastery at Žiča was huge­ly impor­tant in the ear­ly years of the Ser­bian state. It was found­ed by none oth­er than St. Sava him­self, and rep­re­sent­ed the seat of the Ser­bian Ortho­dox Church for the first 34 years of its exis­tence. In the begin­ning, Ser­bian Kings weren’t con­sid­ered offi­cial until they were crowned here.