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The Rozhen Monastery of the Nativity of the Mother of God (Bulgarian: Роженски манастир "Рождество Богородично", Rozhenski manastir "Rozhdestvo Bogorodichno", Greek: Μονή Ροζινού, Moni Rozinou) is the biggest monastery in the Pirin Mountains in southwestern Bulgaria, nestled in the Melnik Earth Pyramids.
Rozhen, Bulgaria (Bulgarian: Рожен) is a village in the municipality of Sandanski, in Blagoevgrad Province, Bulgaria. [1] It is situated at the south-western foothills of the Pirin mountain range and is nestled within the Melnik Earth Pyramids. In its outskirts is located the Rozhen Monastery, the largest one in Pirin. The Greek name of ...
The ossuary remains from the original monastery, while the Church of the Holy Archangels was constructed between the 12th and 14th centuries and the reflectory in the 17th century. Several murals have been preserved in the monastery, from different periods. [21] The town of Melnik and the Rozhen Monastery: Blagoevgrad Province: 1984 i, iv ...
Tourism in Bulgaria is a significant contributor to the country's economy. Situated at the crossroads of the East and West, Bulgaria has been home to many civilizations: Thracians, Greeks, Romans, Eastern Romans or Byzantines, Slavs, Bulgars, and Ottomans. The country is rich in tourist sights and historical artifacts, scattered through a ...
Etropole — Museum of History, Clocktower, Monastery of the Holy Trinity; Krestevic, Sredna Gora (added in the 2010s) — Buntovna Commemorative Tourist Complex; Sofia — National Museum of Natural History maintained by the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences; Sofia — Museum of the History of Sport located inside the Vasil Levski National Stadium ...
Rozhen (Bulgarian: Рожен) may refer to: Rozhen, Bulgaria, a village in Sandanski municipality, Blagoevgrad Province, Bulgaria Rozhen Monastery, located nearby; Rozhen, an area in the Rhodope Mountains, in Smolyan municipality, Smolyan Province, Bulgaria Rozhen National Folklore Fair, organized in the area; Rozhen Observatory, located nearby
[1] [12] Rozhen Monastery, the largest one in the region, was established in the early 13th century during the Second Bulgarian Empire, and is nestled among the earth pyramids a few kilometres to the north-east of Melnik. [11] Next to the monastery, the Church of Saints Cyril and Methodius houses the tomb of the Bulgarian revolutionary Yane ...
Rozhen National Folklore Fair 2006. The Rozhen National Folklore Fair (Bulgarian: Национален фолклорен събор „Рожен“, Natsionalen folkloren sabor „Rozhen“) is a major Bulgarian folklore fair held every four years on the meadows of the Rozhen area in Smolyan municipality, Smolyan Province, in the Rhodope Mountains of southern Bulgaria.