Chiprovtsi Monastery
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Type of sights
Abbey/convent
Name and address
Chiprovtsi Monastery
BG-3467 Железна / Zhelezna
GEO-data
Geodetic coordinates
43.403800 22.934000
Elevation
391 m
Communication
Phone
+359 ∎∎∎ ∎∎∎∎∎
Chiprovtsi Monastery (Bulgarian: Чипровски манастир, Chiprovski manastir) is a Bulgarian Orthodox monastery 5 kilometres northeast of the town of Chiprovtsi 
in Montana Province in northwestern Bulgaria. It belongs to the diocese of Vidin and lies in the valley of the Ogosta river.
According to Petar Bogdan, the monastery was built in the 10th century and remained a religious and cultural centre despite Tatar and Magyar raids in the 13th century, the Ottoman invasion in the 14th century and Michael the Brave's raids in the 16th century. The monastery has been razed six times, in 1412, 1688, 1806, 1828, 1837 and 1876, with the one of 1688 after the Chiprovtsi Uprising being particularly devastating. The current monastery church was built in 1829.
The Chiprovtsi Monastery consists of a church dedicated to Saint John of Rila, residential buildings, a small graveyard and a three-storey tower featuring an ossuary, a chapel and a belfry.
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Added on 31 Dec 2020,
last edited by »biroto-Redaktion« on 31 Dec 2020