Zavala Monastery

Zavala Monastery
Zavala monastery, pictured in 2017
Location within Bosnia and Herzegovina
Religion
Affiliation	Serbian Orthodox Church
Rite	Eastern Orthodox
Ecclesiastical or organisational status	Eparchy of Zachlumia, Herzegovina, and the Littoral
Patron	Dormition of the Theotokos
Year consecrated	c. 1514
Location
Location	Zavala
Municipality	Ravno
State	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Interactive map of Zavala Monastery
Coordinates	42.8497°N 17.9796°E / 42.8497; 17.9796
Architecture
Materials	stone
KONS of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Official name: "Church of the Presentation of the Virgin in Zavala, the architectural ensemble (1820)".
Type	Category I cultural property
Criteria	A, B, C i.ii.iii.iv.v.vi., D iii.iv., E ii.iii.iv.v., F i.iii., G i.ii.iii.iv.v.vi., H i.ii.iii.
Designated	5 March 2003 (?th session)
Reference no.	1820
Decision No.	08.2-6-148/03-2
Status	List of National Monuments of Bosnia and Herzegovina

The Zavala Monastery (Serbian: Манастир Завала, romanized: Manastir Zavala; Croatian: Samostan Zavala) is a Serbian Orthodox monastery located in the village of Zavala on the southwestern edge of Popovo Polje, in Ravno, Bosnia and Herzegovina municipality, in the southernmost part of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

The northern wall of the monastery's church is situated within a cave. This monastery is also known as a place where Basil of Ostrog entered into monasticism.