- Discover everything you need to know about Rozhen Monastery, Bansko including history, facts, how to get there and the best time to visit.
- gb Today I will show you a beautiful place in Bulgaria – Rozhen Monastery. Rozhen village is located in southwestern Bulgaria.
- Kept almost intact its original architecture and murals Rozhen monastery is visited by many tourists and pilgrims from all around the world.
- The Rozhen Monastery houses an impressive collection of icons from the 16th-19th centuries, as well as valuable examples of ritual temple utensils.
- 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.
- Setting out from my hotel in Melnik, my map app on my phone indicated a vague trail leading out of town heading towards Rozhen Monastery.
- Due to its geographical location, the Rozhen monastery was a spiritual center and arena of intense cultural interactions between the Balkan Christian nations in the...
- The Rozhen monastery is the biggest in the Southwest of Bulgaria, and is known formally as the Monastery of the Nativity if the Mother of God.
- The Rozhen Monastery was devastated by fire between 1662 and 1674, destroying the library and severely damaging most buildings.
- The Rozhen monastery “Nativity of Virgin Mary” is located 5 kilometers east of Melnik. It is the largest Orthodox monastery in the Pirin region.