Razboishte Rock Monastery "Presentation of the Blessed Virgin" | listed building / architectural heritage, 1860s construction, cave church/monastery, Bulgarian Orthodox Church

Bulgaria / Sofijska oblast / Dragoman /
 monastery, listed building / architectural heritage, 1860s construction, cave church/monastery, Bulgarian Orthodox Church
The Razboishki Monastery "Introduction to the Mother of God" is located in the gorge of the river Nishava, near the village of Razboishte. The monastery is located 11 km from the town of Godech and 55 km northwest of Sofia.
The residential building and the monastery kitchen are built in 1861. Outside the monastery is the church "Presentation of the Blessed Virgin" (transliterated: Vavedenie Bogorodichno) that has been built embedded in the rocks. It has a nave with a semi-cylindrical apse. There are preserved fragments circa XVI-XVII century among the internal decoration. The old iconostasis of the church (XIX century) is kept in the monastery, the current one is built in 1950.

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Coordinates:   43°0'58"N   22°56'27"E
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