Notre Dame des Marais 4 viewsNotre Dame des Marais church in La Ferte Bernard, France - sept. 2002
Built from 1450 to 1623 on dried marshes , the church is the most beautiful parish church in the Sarthe region, both for its gothic and Renaissance architecture and for its stained-glass windows, organ and treasury (XV - XVI centuries.)
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Somewhere In Time27 viewsSlav, Velingrad, Bulgaria - 2008
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The way like a snake10 viewsRoad leading to port Sa Calobra, Mallorca - 2006
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The 2 religion in same town18 viewsSatovcha, BG - april 2008
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Popfolk star12 viewsSofi Marinova & Ustata - Summer`2008, live in Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria - 21 june 2008
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The Final Chords5 viewsAXAT - Live In Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria - 30 sept. 2007
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Red Diesel37 viewsSeptemvri railway station, Bulgaria - 2008
model 52
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Meet The Mashine Of Past25 viewsSeptemvri - Velingrad, Bulgaria - 23.02.2008
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Church wall with windows2 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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Yashica J-P + Yashinon 55mm/f1,8 - rare12 viewsFeb 02, 2010
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