Price: Zabelski monastery "St. Dimitar "is located in the municipality of Trun - border and mountainous region, a key geographic location - on the border with Serbia . Here nature is uniquely beautiful and clean , and the abundance of natural resources and historical and religious monuments , including the monastery , making the area an attractive tourist destination.
The monastery, which is now operating regularly , is located in the mountains Rui , on the right bank of the river Zabelska . According to historians it was founded in the middle of the XIII century , and after no more than three centuries of life in it deserted. Evidence of developing literary activity in it is a book - a handwritten pass , which is kept in Poganovski monastery.
The old church on the foundations is built contemporary church is destroyed , according to the historian and author of the first academic work on the history of Bulgaria Konstantin Irechek to the XVIII century church itself has a nave , apse and dome structure measuring 12 x 5 m It is covered with a wooden roof gable . The church was dug to about 0.50 m below the level of the external field. The city has a broken stones , bricks and reused cut stone , glue with clay. In the apse , a hole with dimensions: height - 0.74 m , depth - 0.70 m and width - 0.28 m in the northwest corner of the east wall is shaped niche ( proskomidia ) . The throne is made of stone block with dimensions 0.83 x 1.08 x 0.53 m
Arouse interest among tourists big stone blocks and pillars of the church , used as a table and seating. They are transferred from the nearby ancient settlement .
Every year in the monastery of St. Demetrius , a special ritual known as " cursed brandy ." Legend has it that a grandfather Nicholas , who stole ralnitsite , brought a bottle of brandy to drink each and curse the thief. Then the thief got scared and confessed .
Many attractions await guests of Tran municipality . Nearby is another Bulgarian Orthodox monastery - "St. Archangel Michael . " Worthy of visits are more Trun Gorge River Gorge - a natural landmark, a monument of culture, and the Museum of yogurt in the village of Cold Spring, where you can taste traditionally made yogurt and museum complex " Businci pottery" in the village Busintsi .
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