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The Rila monastery

The Rila monastery
The Rila Monastery is situated in the western part of Rila Mountain at a height of 1147 meters. The beautiful mountain hosted its founder and given the name of the monastery. The monastery was founded in X c. by the Bulgarian hermit-monk Ivan Rilski as a modest sacred place. Soon afterwards the Rila Monastery became…
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The Batoshevo Monastery

The Batoshevo Monastery
The Batoshevo Monastery lies at a distance of 20 km southwest of Sevlievo in a beautiful mountainous site. A stone inscription, preserved at the National Archaeology Museum tells that the founder of the monastery was the Bulgarian patriarch king Mihail-Asen (1248-1258). Like the other monasteries around Veliko Tarnovo at the time of the fall of…
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The Bachkovo monastery “Saint Bogoroditza Petrichka”

The Bachkovo monastery “Saint Bogoroditza Petrichka”
The Bachkovo Monastery "Saint Bogoroditza Petrichka" is situated near the village of Bachkovo, Asenovgrad Region. The Monastery is among the oldest monasteries on the Balkan Peninsula which has combined three cultures - the Byzantine, the Old Georgian and the Bulgarian cultures. The preserved unique architectural and artistic monuments are precious for the whole Orthodox culture.…
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Aladzha Monastery

Aladzha Monastery
Aladzha Monastery is situated at a distance of 15 km north of Varna and at 2 km from the seaside and the resort of Zlatni Pyasatzi (Golden Sands). There are other similar rocky massifs on the northern and eastern shore of the Black Sea in Krym and Georgia. In the steep rocks there are numerous natural and…
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