Imagination1 viewsLight - BG - 2008
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The Bride 0 viewsBahanov wedding, Bansko, Bulgaria - 23.07.2006
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Like a bouquet2 viewsCampsis radicans, Sofia, Bulgaria - june 2008
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The Stranger4 viewsSouthwest Bulgaria - march 2008
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Railway Bridge Over E-797 viewsBulgaria - 2006
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Forest Flowers23 viewsBulgaria - 2006
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Gotce Delchev (airial view) 14 viewsA Gotce Delchev View From Pirin Moutain, Bulgaria - 2007
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I Said Back!14 viewsThe Tiger`s Eye - 2006
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American Univercity6 viewsAmerican Univercity (AUBG) in Blagoevgrad, BG - may 2008
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Virw of the church0 viewsRila monastery, Bulgaria - 2006
The Rila Monastery was founded in the 30-th years of X century on the place of the Old Anchoress in Rila Mountain. While the monastery has been existing, it was many times rebuilt, destroyed and reconstructed. Today the Rila Monastery has had this appearance since the middle of the previous century. It is the biggest and the most respected Bulgarian monastery.It is considered that the creator of the Rila Monastery is the first Bulgarian hermit Ivan Rilsky (876-946), he chose to live in this way as a method of spiritual perfection and a way to express his protest against the suppression of the high moral rules of the real Christianity.
The Rila Monastery is located in 1147 meters altitude in the middle of the fragrant coniferous forests of Rila Mountain. The monastery is a complex of cultural, dwelling and farming buildings which take about 8800 square meters. The Rila Monastery has an unique architecture. Outside, the monastery looks like a fortress. It has 24-meter stone walls which forms irregular pentagon. That’s why when some tourist enters the monastery’s yard from some of the two iron gates he is surprised by its architecture: arches and colonnades, covered wooden stairs and carved verandas and the 300-400 monastic cells. The Hreliov’s tower and the main church “The Nativity of the Virgin” cohabit at the center of the yard. This tower was created by the local feudal lord Hrelio in 1334-1335. A small church stays next to it and it is only a couple of years younger (1343). A bell-tower was added to the tower in 1844. The main church “The Nativity of the Virgin” was built in these times. Its architect is a master Peter Ivanovich, who worked on it in 1834-1837. The temple has five domes, three altars and two chapels. Maybe the most important thing in the church is the iconostasis which has incredible wood-carving. The wall-paintings were completed in 1846 by many masters from Bulgaria, but only Zahary Zagraph signed his paintings. In the church there are lots of icons created in XIV-XIX.
In 1980 the International Federation of Travel Writers and Journalists (FIJEST) distinguished the Monastery with Golden Apple, the highest award for familiarization and cultural tourism. In 1983 the Rila Monastery was recorded on the List of World Cultural Heritage as a world cultural value.
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In the forest1 viewsA flower by the forest, Bulgaria - july 2008Jul 22, 2008
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In the blossom2 viewsBulgaria - july 2008Jul 22, 2008
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2 viewsBulgaria - july 2008Jul 22, 2008
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Rhodope Mountain1 viewsRhodope Mountain, Bulgaria - july 2008Jul 22, 2008
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Superstar0 viewsGotce Delchev, Bulgaria - june 2008
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Madame Butterfly 81 viewsMadame Butterfly, Gotce Delchev, Bulgaria - june 2008
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Madame Butterfly 71 viewsMadame Butterfly, Gotce Delchev, Bulgaria - june 2008
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Madame Butterfly 62 viewsMadame Butterfly, Gotce Delchev, Bulgaria - june 2008
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At night3 viewsAt night in Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria - july 2008Jul 22, 2008
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A wild viola1 viewsWild viola in the forest, Bulgaria - july 2008
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