Berane is the administrative centre of the municipality is located in the North-East of the country. Today Berane is a popular tourist center, attracting modern look and plenty of greenery. The city preserved ancient monuments of culture and religion in Montenegro. Also among significant historical monuments can be noted the remains of settlements Bademli and Bihor.

The monastery of St. George (full name – Djurdjevi Stupovi that Russian literally translates as "Georgieva tower") is located on the outskirts of Berane, two kilometers from the city. The monastery was built in 1213 by the ruler Budimlje – Stephen Proslava. Assume that the frescoes of the Abbey Church was carried out in the period of life of Tsar Dushan.

The temple has long suffered the devastating attacks of the Ottoman Empire, the structure in its history, was burned and rebuilt again about five times. The beginning of the XX century was the reconstruction of the monastic complex, however, during the First world war, he was again ravaged, this time by the Austrian army that turned the cells in the stables, and then to the barracks and the dining room.

Fully the monastery was restored in 1925. Since 1927 abode decorate the new Church bell, the iconostasis. Since 2001 the monastery is an Episcopal diocese budimljansko-nikšićko. The decision on the establishment of the Department was accepted by the Council of bishops of the Serbian Orthodox Church.

The architecture of the Abbey Church belongs to the Western Roman style: oval base single-nave with side vestibules and porch.

Since 1979 the monastery of St. George according to UNESCO UNESCO world heritage site.