• In 1927, Aladzha Monastery was declared a public historical monument and in 1968 it was declared an architectural cultural monument of national significance.
  • It was declared a monument of culture of national importance. Aladzha Monastery is located just a few kilometers from Varna in the direction of Golden Sands.
  • Nearby, remains of a 5th-century cave monastery have been found. A cave monastery may have existed not far from the modern monastery Aladzha, near Varna.
  • Aladzha Monastery is one of the few cave monasteries in Bulgaria where the different premises and their functions are clearly distinguishable.
  • Aladzha Monastery is the most famous rock monastery on the Bulgarian Black Sea coast, one of the numerous monks’ dwellings that functioned in the 13th...
  • A major local attraction is the Aladzha Monastery (§§ 355 460; admission 3 lv; S 9am-6pm Apr-Oct, to 4pm Tue-Sat Nov-Mar).
  • Aladzha Monastery is an Orthodox rock monastery. ... As a rocky monastic abode, the monastery finally took shape in the 12th century.