Monastery

Bulgaria / Sumen / Veliki Preslav /
 archaeological site, Medieval / Middle Ages, historic ruins

A ruined medieval monastic complex within the Outer Fortress of Veliki Preslav. A 10th-century Cyrillic inscription on a grave slab identified the buried notable as Mostich, a high palace official of the Bulgarian emperors Simeon I and Petar I, who had resigned his palace office and become a monk at the age of 80.
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Coordinates:   43°8'39"N   26°49'10"E
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