The Etropole Monastery "Holy Trinity" lies at a distance of 5 km east of the town of Etropole. There are reasonable guesses that the monastery was founded in the Middle Ages. There is direct evidence for its existence after XV c. The monastery is also known with the name of "Varovitetz" and during XVI and the beginning of XVII c. it gathered many monks - scribblers, compliers of ecclesiastical books, artists, which worked for the preservation of the Bulgarian literature and writing. Here were written several dozens of manuscripts found in the library of the monastery or scattered around other monasteries. Together with the bookman activity, artistic activities were also developed at the monastery. The rewritten books were decorated with painted title pages, letters, ornaments etc. Such books are: "Gospel" from 1577, "Prologue for September, October, November, December, January and February" 1602, gospels from XVIII c. and others. Icons were also painted in the Etropole Monastery. A series of interesting icons are preserved. Such is the temple's icon "The Old Testament Trinity", painted in 1598. The monastery was burned and destroyed several times. The old church was destroyed in XVIII c. At the site of the old one was built a new church from 1858. Its builder was master Ivan Boyanin from Bratzigovo. It is a solid cross-dome building with a complex design. The church is not decorated with murals. There are some decorative plastic elements along the facades. The housing buildings are restored and date back to 1833.
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