Bachkovo

Bulgaria

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Bachkovo Monastery is located 28 km South-West of Plovdiv city. It was built in 1083 by Grigor Bakuriani, a military in the Byzantine Empire, a Georgian by origin. In the early l6th century the monastery was destroyed by the Turkish conquerors to be restored in the late l6th century. The Monastery has murals dating from 1643.

Bachkovo Monastery

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