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Wikipedia: The Rock-hewn Churches of Ivanovo are a group of monolithic churches, chapels and monasteries hewn out of solid rock and completely different from other monastery complexes in Bulgaria, located near the village of Ivanovo, 20 km south of Rousse, on the high rocky banks of the Rusenski Lom, 32 m above the river. The complex is noted for its beautiful and well-preserved medieval frescoes. The caves in the region had been inhabited by monks from the 1220s, when it was founded by the future Patriarch of Bulgaria Joachim, to the 17th century, where they hewed cells, churches and chapels out of solid rock.
![[Ivanovo rocks near the church complex]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Ivanovo_rocks_s.jpg "Ivanovo rocks near the church complex")
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![[Felskirche Ivanovo Kirchendecke Detail]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Ivanovo_decke_s.jpg "Felskirche Ivanovo Kirchendecke Detail")
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![[Felskirche Ivanovo Fresken im Naos]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Ivanovo_kirche2_s.jpg "Felskirche Ivanovo Fresken im Naos")
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![[Felskirche Ivanovo Kapelle]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Ivanovo_kapelle_s.jpg "Felskirche Ivanovo Kapelle")
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![[14th century mural portrait of Tsar Ivan Alexander from the Rock]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Tsar_John_Alexander_of_Bulgaria_s.jpg "14th century mural portrait of Tsar Ivan Alexander from the Rock")
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![[Felskirche Ivanovo Gesamtansicht von aussen, links Kirchenraum, rechts Kapelle]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Ivanovo_gesamt_s.jpg "Felskirche Ivanovo Gesamtansicht von aussen, links Kirchenraum, rechts Kapelle")
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![[13th century mural portrait of Tsar Ivan Alexander from the Rock]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Ival_ivanovo_mural_s.jpg "13th century mural portrait of Tsar Ivan Alexander from the Rock")
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