The Karlukovo Monastery is situated at the gorge of the Iskar River. The monastery has a high-quality painted decoration in the present-day church. At the time of the Second Bulgarian Kingdom there was another monastery under the name of "Viktorova laka". It was plundered and dilapidated soon after the invasion of the Ottoman oppressors. In XVI c. a new monastery was built which did not lasted for long. In 1834 the rich patriot Stoyan Chalakov from Plovdiv renovated the buildings and brought life to the monastery. In 1849 and 1877 the monastery was again plundered and burned by rebels and the monks were killed. At the last invasion only the church survived with its precious mural paintings which are well-preserved. Stylistically the murals in the church belong to the artistic trends of XVI-XVII c. The images are in the traditional graphic manner. During the second half of XVIII c. the carver Urosh made a beautiful iconostasis, parts of which is in the National History Museum. The icons were made by Dimiter Zograf.
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Icon of the Entry into Jerusalem
