"St. Demetrius" Church | cultural heritage / national heritage, listed building / architectural heritage, 1840s construction, Bulgarian Orthodox Church

Bulgaria / Veliko Tarnovo / Kilifarevo /
 church, cultural heritage / national heritage, listed building / architectural heritage, 1840s construction, Bulgarian Orthodox Church
Church "St. Demetrius” - catholicon of the Kilifarevo Monastery "Sv. Rozhdestvo Bogorodichno" (“The Nativity of Mother of God”).
In 1840, master Kolyu Ficheto began the construction of the current church "St. Demetrius". It preserves part of the old altar wall and the chapels "St. Theodosius" and "St. Ivan Rilski". The temple was completed in 1842. Its inner space is divided in the shape of a cross. The dome is located on 4 stone columns that outline the shoulders of the cross. Most of the frescoes are in the chapels and date from 1718.
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Coordinates:   42°57'21"N   25°37'22"E
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