KRALYEVO (sometimes written KRALJEVO or KRALIEVO)  , a city of Servia, and capital of a department bearing the same name . Kralyevo is built beside the river Ibar, 4 M . W. of its confluence with the Servian Morava; and in the midst of an upland valley, between the Kotlenik Mountains, on the north, and the Stolovi Mountains, on the south . Formerly known as Karanovats, Kralyevo received its present name, signifying " the King's Town," from King Milan (1868-1889), who also made it a bishopric, instead of Chachak, 22 M . W. by N . Kralyevo is a garrison town, with a prefecture, court of first instance, and an agricultural school . But by far its most interesting feature is the Coronation church belonging to Jicha monastery . Here six or seven kings are said to have been crowned . The church is Byzantine in style, and has been partially restored; but the main tower dates from the year 1210, when it was founded by St Sava, the patron saint of Servia . Pop . (1900), about 3600 . The famous monastery of Studenitsa, 24 in .

S. by W. of Kralyevo, stands high up among the south-western mountains, overlooking the Studenitsa, a tributary of the Ibar . It consists of a

group of old-fashioned timber and plaster buildings, a tall belfry, and a diminutive church of white marble, founded in 1190 by King Stephen Nemanya, who himself turned monk and was canonized as St Simeon . The carvings round the north, south and west doors have been partially defaced by the Turks . The inner walls are decorated with Byzantine frescoes, among which only a painting of the Last Supper, and the portraits of five saints, remain unrestored . The dome and narthex are modern additions . Besides the silver shrine of St Simeon, many gold and silver ornaments, church vessels and old manuscripts, there are a set of vestments and a reliquary, believed by the monks to have been the property of St Sava .