The Mileševa Monastery is situated near Prijepolje in South-Western Serbia. The Monastery's Church of the Ascension of Jesus Christ was built by the Serbian King Stefan Vladislav (reigned 1234-1243) in 1234 (Teodosije 178; Domentijan 6). Regarding its ground plan, this church resembles Žiča Monastery, therefore it belongs to the Raška style. In 1236 Saint Sava (ca. 1175-1236) died in Veliko Tărnovo. In 1237 he was buried in the exonarthex of the Mileševa Monastery, at which point his cult started to evolve. It is a single nave edifice with a semicircular apse with two bays, a dome and a narthex. Above the Eastern bay is a dome, and on its sides are rectangular choirs. In 1228 the proskomedia and diakonikon were added, probably modeled by the Žiča Monastery. The church widens from the West to the East and ends with three altar apses leaning directly on the domed Eastern wall. The exonarthex was built by the same builders, who constructed the exonarthex and a tower of the Studenica Monastery. It has a catehumeneon and two side chapels, a dome and no windows (in accordance with its purpose). The entire church was lavishly decorated with frescoes and sculpture (especially around the portals and windows). Frescoes in the nave, narthex and exonarthex are dated to the 1230s and 1240s. In the 16th century the church was repainted. In the exonarthex are famous frescoes with scenes of the Last Judgement, purposefully designed by Saint Sava, while he was preparing a grave site for himself. In 1594 the Ottomans took away the relics of Saint Sava and burnt them on the Vračar plateau in Belgrade, probably on the site where today the Church of St. Sava and the National Library of Serbia stand.