The Rmanj Monastery is a Serbian Orthodox monastery dedicated to Saint Nicholas and located in Martin Brod in north-western Bosnia and Herzegovina, at the left bank of the Unac River near its confluence with the Una.

Rmanj may come from Romani, the former dwellers of Roman Empire. The exact year of the Rmanj Monastery cannot be determined, though it is the westernmost Serbian Orthodox monastery at the end of the 16th century. After the Ottoman Empire's conquest of the area, the monastery was temporarily abandoned in 1578. Bosnian Beylerbey Telli Hasan Pasha had the Rmanj Monastery renewed as a seat of his brother, Orthodox monk Gavrilo Predojević. In the early 17th century, it became the see of the Serbian Orthodox Metropolitanate of Dabar-Bosnia, and it remained in this capacity for about 110 years.

After the monastery was burned down by the Turks in 1663, it was later rebuilt and reoccupied in 1737. It was burned down again during the Austro-Turkish War of 1787–1791. Ottoman authorities allowed the renovation of the monastery in 1863, and it was rebuilt in two years. It was badly damaged during the anti-Ottoman uprising in Bosnia in 1875 and 1876. Next year, Arthur Evans visited Rmanj (spelled as 'Ermanja' by him), and in one of his letters, he described the damage inflicted on the monastery's church by troops under a Bosnian Muslim feudal lord. Once more, the monastery was repaired in 1883.

In World War II, a field hospital of the Yugoslav Partisans was organised at the monastery. For this reason, it was bombed by the Germans and completely destroyed on 23 April 1944. In 1974, authorities of the Socialist Yugoslavia allowed the renovation of the monastery. Its church was completed in the 1980s, and the foundation of the monks' dormitory was consecrated in 1993. In 1995, during the Croatian Army's Operation Storm, the monastery was shelled and badly damaged. Afterwards, Croatian soldiers mined the monastery's church, but the mines were removed by British soldiers of the SFOR. The dormitory was completed in 2006, and in the following year, the monastery was inhabited by three monks. In 2007, the Rmanj Monastery was proclaimed a National Monument of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

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Founded: 15th century
Category: Religious sites in Bosnia and Herzegovina

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g s (10 months ago)
The old monastery has been ruined by the latest barbaric "renovation". The old travertine stone walls are now covered with tiles like for a bathroom, towers have been built next to it like in Disneyland. Big trees that used to produce beautiful shadow, next to the fountain, have been cut down, and the grassy green meadow has been asphalted and turned into a black parking lot. Wrong. It could have been done much better. This old monastery does not look old anymore. The modest artistic church was transformed into kitsch. I am sad and dissapointed when I see it now.
Erik Ocvirk (12 months ago)
This monastery is dedicated to young Herman of Celjski, who fell over rampart in Celje castle. It was from a powerful medeval family. Almost nothing original was left, so they made complete restoration. It is planned to open in late 2024.
Ivan Bura (2 years ago)
Simply beautiful...
Milan Babic (3 years ago)
Super
Mladjan Korolija (3 years ago)
Ok!
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