Church of St. Ascension in Petrovac, was built in the period from 1866-1869 at the request of the church community and the inhabitants of the village of Petrovac, because the church was one of the conditions for Petrovac to be declared a town. The church is located not far from the city center, has a large port overgrown with old linden trees and a wrought iron fence. It was built in the classical spirit, single-nave foundations with a large semicircular apse on the east side, square choirs and a bell tower on the west, ending in a high and wide pyramid covered with tin. The dimensions of the church are: 25.20 m and 11.40 m. Spatially, the church is divided into an altar part, a nave and a narthex that has been expanded, on the right it has a small room, on the left a gallery and a bell tower.

At the suggestion of the Regional Institute for the Protection of Cultural Monuments in Smederevo, the church of St. Ascension in Petrovac, was declared an immovable cultural asset - a cultural monument.