Basarbovo Monastery
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Basarbovo Monastery - the Monastery of Saint Dimitar Basarbowski - is a bulgarian-orthodox
cave monastery near the city of Ruse in north-eastern Bulgaria. It has the same name as the nearby village of Basarbovo and lies about 35 m above sea level above the river Rusenski Lom, south of the Danube
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The oldest written mention of the monastery dates to the 15 century in an ottoman
tax register.
Bulgarian Orthodox Church
The Bulgarian Orthodox Church - Bulgarian Patriarchate is an autocephalous Eastern Orthodox Church with some 6.5 million members in the Republic of Bulgaria and between 1.5 and 2.0 million members in a number of European countries, the Americas and Australia...
cave monastery near the city of Ruse in north-eastern Bulgaria. It has the same name as the nearby village of Basarbovo and lies about 35 m above sea level above the river Rusenski Lom, south of the Danube
Danube
The Danube is a river in the Central Europe and the Europe's second longest river after the Volga. It is classified as an international waterway....
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The oldest written mention of the monastery dates to the 15 century in an ottoman
Ottoman Empire
The Ottoman EmpireIt was usually referred to as the "Ottoman Empire", the "Turkish Empire", the "Ottoman Caliphate" or more commonly "Turkey" by its contemporaries...
tax register.
External links
- The Legend of Basarbovo rock monastery - a legend and pictures in Voden Kraia
- Official site of the monastery of Saint Dimitar Basarbovski
- Photos from the monastery Saint Dimitar Basarbovski