UNESCO Ivanovo Rock Monasteries  Special Tours Related Topics  UNESCO Heritage  History		UNESCO Ivanovo Rock Monasteries Located on almost a cosmic landscape - rock massifs, enveloping the picturesque river valley near the city of Rousse. As if striving to be closer to God, hermit monks settled here during the 11th - 14th century, digging cells, churches and chapels into the rocks. Talented artists painted them with realistic frescos, exquisite in colour and composition, and turned them into a treasure trove of Bulgarian mediaeval painting.

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