🏛️ Rock-Hewn Churches of Ivanovo

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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 kilometers (12 mi) south of Rousse, on the high rocky banks of the Rusenski Lom, 32 meters (105 ft) above the river. The complex is noted for its beautiful and well-preserved medieval frescoes. The churches are inside Rusenski Lom Nature Park.

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Rock-Hewn Churches of Ivanovo is a cultural World Heritage site in Bulgaria, in Europe. For the living forecast of the area, open World Weather; the details of why Rock-Hewn Churches of Ivanovo was inscribed are described by the sourced introduction above (from Wikipedia).

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