 Monastery "Holy Spirit"
In Bulgarian: Манастир "Свети Дух"
Category: Monastery
Location: Godech
Longtitude: 23.02880824 Latitude: 43.00184213
The Monastery "Holy Spirit" is located west of Godech, left of the road Godech - Dragoman.
In the middle-ages at the same place, where today`s monastery is built, there was a church, foundations of which and a votive cross were discovered. In 1945-1946, with funds from donations, was built the church "St. Spirit". It was made of mud bricks, with double-pitched, tiled roof. In 1951 -1952 was built other church "St.Seven Saints" and an one-storey construction on the left of the gate.
In 1995 - 1996 there was built another one-storey building with five rooms and a spacious dining room. Nowadays the monastery is a hotel, which can accommodate pilgrims and visitors.
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