Klisurski Monastery (, transliterated: ''Klisurski manastir'') of " St. Cyril and St. Methodius," also known as Klisura Monastery,Klisura Monastery "St. Cyril and St. Methodius"
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of the

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located in northwestern

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. It is the fourth largest monastery in Bulgaria. The complex includes two churches, three residential buildings, a farmyard and a kitchen.

Location

Klisurski Monastery has the status of a separate settlement in the

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Municipality of the

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/ref> It is situated at the foot of the northern slopes of Todorini Kukla peak in the western

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. Nearby is the village of Tsvetkova bara (between the towns of Berkovitsa and Varshets). The monastery is from Berkovitsa and from

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History

Klisurski Monastery was founded in the 1240 during the

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. It was repeatedly destroyed during the Ottoman rule. In 1862 it was burned down and the monks and pilgrims were killed by a Turkish

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and his soldiers. The monastery was reconstructed in 1869 and the church was officially consecrated in 1891.

Gallery

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References

External links

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Short film about Bulgarian nuns from Vardarska Macedonia, settled in the Klisurski monastery
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