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Kapipnovo_monasteryThe church of the Kapinovo Monastery, near the town of Elena, features an inscription of the year of its foundation on the cornice above the altar: 1272, under Constantine the Quiet's rule.
Following repeated destructions and restorations of the monastery, the church was built in 1835 by two self-taught masters from Dryanovo.

 

 
 
   
 
   
 
     
 
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