The Drianovo Monastery is located in the Stara Planina mountain near
veliko Turnovo.The monastery was founded in the XIth century.It was two
times destroyed by the ottomans and was built for a third time in the
XVIIth century.The Archangel Mihail Church , which was built in 1845 can
be seen today.The rest buildings, which belong to the monastery, are
built later.
The Rila Monastery is located in the Rila mountain at 1147m above
sea-level.It was founded in the Xth century.Its today's look dates back
to the years 1816-1870, when it was reconstructed.The Rila Monastery is
today a magnificent gallery with wall-paintings.The church iconostasis
is an interesting thing to be seen.It is fretted with an open-work
wood-carving on a wall-nut treee, additionally gold-plated.There is a
library in the monastery, where about 20 000 books are being kept.There
is also a museum with interesting exhibits from the Middle Ages and the
bulgarian Renaissance there.
The Rojen monastery is an ancient architectural record situated in the south-west side of the Pirin mountain. It was built in the XIVth cent. The church that can be seen today is reconstructed and painted in 1732. The wall-paintings, the icons and the wood-carving of the iconostasis are remarkable. They are a masterpiece of the famous school of Debur, notable for its complicated composition and the great number of figures of people and animals.
The church-monument Shipka is located in a historical village at the southern feet of Stara Planina mountain. The monument is built in the style of the russian churches from the XVIIth cent. in honour of the russian soldiers, who perished in the battles in 1877-1878 for the bulgarian liberation from the turkish yoke. The monastery is ornated with ceramics and lovely, gilted cupolas and crosses.
