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St.St. Petar and Pavel Monastery, Lyaskovets

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Lyaskovets: St.St. Petar and Pavel Monastery

St.St. Petar and Pavel Monastery

In Bulgarian: Манастир Св.Св. Петър и Павел

Category: Monastery

Location: Lyaskovets

Longtitude: 25.70742846 Latitude: 43.09529537

The monastery "St.St. Petar and Pavel" (aka "Petropavlovski monastery" or "Lyaskovets monastery") is located west of town of Lyaskovets. It perches over the high and inaccessible rocks of the Arbanasi plateau. The monastery is one of the 14 monasteries built nearby the old capital of Bulgaria, Veliko Turnovo, during the Second Bulgarian State (12-14th century).

The monastery is named after St Peter and St Pavel and is one of the best-preserved monasteries from that time, mainly because of its hard-to-reach location.

During Ottoman youke the monastery was set on fire and rebuild again several times.

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