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Plovdiv and Bachkovo Monastery
Plovdiv is the second largest city in Bulgaria, located 130 km to the south-east of the capital. Remnants of Thracian, Greek and Roman civilizations meet there. The town was built on seven hills just like the city of Rome. Nowadays six of them still remain. The Old Town is situated on three of them – the so called “Roman Trimonzium”. The beautiful houses in the Old Town date back to the period of the Bulgarian National Revival. Their multi-colored facades, abundant decoration, lavish furnishings, and carved ceilings make them look like small palaces of their time.
In Plovdiv you will visit the very well preserved Ancient Roman Theatre, where nowadays opera and theatre performances take place, as well as the Roman Stadium; the ethnographic museum and the church St Konstantin and Helena.
The Bachkovo Monastery is one of the oldest monasteries in the Bulgaria (it was founded in 1083). It rises in the picturesque Chaya river valley, 29 km south of Plovdiv. Its most remarkable features are the paintings in the church and ossuary, where the figure of the Bulgarian Tsar Ivan Alexander could be seen along with the 11th and 14th century murals. The refectory of the monastery dates back to 1601 and The Assumption church – to 1604. The Holy Trinity and St. Nicholas church was built in 1840 and some of its murals were painted by the celebrated National Revival artist Zahari Zograph.
