Amazing Basarabov Rock Monastery - Bulgaria Tourist Attraction
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Basarbovo Monastery – the Monastery of Saint Dimitar Basarbowski – is a Bulgarian-orthodox cave monastery near the city of Ruse in north-eastern Bulgaria. It has the same name as the nearby village of Basarbovo and lies about 35 metres above the river Rusenski Lom, south of the Danube.
Although founded during the Second Bulgarian Empire, the oldest written mention of the monastery dates to the 15th century in an Ottoman tax register.
It is the only active cave monastery in the modern history of Bulgaria. It was named a historical landmark in 1978.
Although founded during the Second Bulgarian Empire, the oldest written mention of the monastery dates to the 15th century in an Ottoman tax register.
It is the only active cave monastery in the modern history of Bulgaria. It was named a historical landmark in 1978.