The well-preserved remains of a lost church believed to be part of a Medieval monastery were discovered by archaeologists in ...

Criterion (vi): Rila Monastery is considered a symbol of the 19th Century Bulgarian Renaissance which imparted Slavic values upon Rila in trying to reestablish an uninterrupted historic continuity.

Bulgaria is rich in traditions and customs. Easter in particular is marked by special rituals and processions. At Bachkovo Monastery, founded in the 11th century in the Rhodope Mountains ...