The Monastery of Saint Podhrom is a monument of cultural heritage in Voskopoja, Korça. This "Architecture" type monument was approved in March of 1948 and in September of 1971. It is also known as the Monastery of Saint John the Baptist. The monastery and the church located inside were built around 1632, according to the donor's inscription. While the painting of the Monastery was completed 27 years after the laying of the foundations, in 1659. The Monastery contains the church and two other premises, accompanying parts of it. The building is two-storey, L-shaped and measuring 17 m x 7.65 x 9 m. The frescoes are made with iron and calcium components and decorative elements are special bricks.
While the church has Byzantine-style architecture in the shape of a cross, consisting of a simple narthex and a catholicon in the form of vaults. It was equipped with two drum domes polygonal with three narrow windows. From the original narthex of the church building, only the eastern wall remains, while all other sides have been rebuilt.
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