Rila Monastery is Bulgaria’s most sacred and visually spectacular site — a UNESCO World Heritage monastery hidden in the deep forests of the Rila Mountains, whose striped black-and-white arcades, golden domes, and vivid frescoes form the spiritual and architectural crown jewel of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church. Founded in the 10th century by the hermit Saint […]
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