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Monasteries in Bulgaria

The symbols of Bulgarian Renaissance

Today there are nearly 120 monasteries in Bulgaria with their beautiful natural setting, magnificent architecture, frescoes, icons and woodcarvings.

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Rila Monastery

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First monasteries appeared in Bulgarian at the times of the Christians persecution during the Roman Empire and with the adoption of Christianity as official religion in the ix century, the country witnessed a boom in the construction of monasteries.

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Rozhen Monastery

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In contrast to the quite austere Western Europe architecture, Bulgarian architecture created a colourful decorated style later adopted by Byzantine architecture and the architectural practices in Russia, Serbia and other Orthodox religion states.

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Bachkovo Monastery

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During the entire five centuries of Ottoman yoke (xiv-xix c.), the Orthodox Church and their monasteries acted as centres of patriotism that helped to national identity to survive taking also an active part in the revolutionary struggle for liberation.

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Preobrazhenie the Transfiguration Monastery

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Unfortunately, during the 5 centuries of Ottoman domination the majority of them were burnt down, during the National Revival period (xviii-xix c) they were rebuilt following mediaeval traditions to become nowadays outstanding architecture landmarks.

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The impressive Rila Monastery

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