monks living quarters

Rila Monastry

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May 1st 2006
Went to Rila monastry for a day trip from Sofia, the drive there was priddy interesting id never seen so many dogs as road kill on the one stretch of road..Rila Monastry was nice but i expected there to be monks wonderin around and not a large amount of tourists there, the surrounding area was nice aswell...after spendin about 2 hours there we went back to Sofia. the hostel had organises a driver ... read more

Europe » Bulgaria » Kyustendil Province » Rila Monastery

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The Bulgars, a Central Asian Turkic tribe, merged with the local Slavic inhabitants in the late 7th century to form the first Bulgarian state. In succeeding centuries, Bulgaria struggled with the Byzantine Empire to assert its place in the Balkans, b... ... read more