Rock-hewn Churches of Ivanovo
Type: Archaeological site
Location: Village Ivanovo »
In Bulgarian: Скални църкви Иваново »
The Rock-hewn Churches of Ivanovo are located on a high rocky banks 32m above Rusenski Lom river, near village of Ivanovo and 18 km south of town of Ruse. They are a network of monolithic churches, chapels, cells and monasteries hewn with different heights, out of solid rock and completely different from other monasteries in Bulgaria.
The complex was inhabited during XIII-th - XVII-th centuries by monks, many of whom were grammarians and bookmen.
The Ivanovo rock churches are noted for their beautiful and well-preserved XIII-th- and XIV-th-century frescoes and especially in 5 of the churches - a wonderful examples of Bulgarian mediaeval art.
