- 1. Explore the Grounds The Rozhen Monastery is made up of several buildings, including the main church, a bell tower, and various other chapels.
- The Rozhen Monastery was devastated by fire between 1662 and 1674, destroying the library and severely damaging most buildings.
- The Rozhen Monastery of the Nativity of the Mother of God is the biggest monastery in the Pirin Mountains in southwestern Bulgaria, nestled in the Melnik Ear...
- The Rozhen Monastery is located among eroding sandy mounts, with the mass of the Pirin filling the horizon. ... It is still here, in the monastic church.
- Kept almost intact its original architecture and murals Rozhen monastery is visited by many tourists and pilgrims from all around the world.
- gb Today I will show you a beautiful place in Bulgaria – Rozhen Monastery. Rozhen village is located in southwestern Bulgaria.
- Rozhen Monastery owes its fame above all to its carved iconostases and lecterns. Some of them are extremely complicated compositions, both in intent and in...
- But you will not be at all right. The dining room in the Rozhen Monastery is one of the most interesting buildings in the monastery complex.
- The Rozhen Monastery is located 1 km from the village of Rozhen, and 7 km from the town of Melnik, after the village of Karlanovo.
- The Rozhen Monastery houses an impressive collection of icons from the 16th-19th centuries, as well as valuable examples of ritual temple utensils.