The Monastery of Stara Pavlica, dedicated to the Sts. Peter and Paul, near the Monastery of Nova Pavlica is situated on a rocky plateau of the Ibar gorge. It was most probably built by a pre-Nemanjić Dynasty at the end of the 12th century, since a charter of the Serbian King Stefan Prvovenčani (reigned 1196-1227) refers to it as a dependance of Studenica Monastery (Starinar VIII-IX 206-210). It is a single nave basilica in the form of a cross with a dome and three apses. In the altar space pots of baked clay have been inserted into walls for better acoustics. Remains of fresco paintings in the dome and on the arches of the pillars are probably from the 13th century as they are similar in style to the ones in the Church of Djurdjevi Stupovi.