The Church of Saint Demetrius of Thessaloniki is a medieval Bulgarian Orthodox church in the city of Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria's former capital.
The church is outside the Veliko Tarnovo's medieval wall. It was destroyed by the earthquake that struck Bulgaria in 1913 and resconstructed between 1976-1985.
The Ascension Cathedral is a former Orthodox Cathedral in the medieval fortress of Tsarevets, named after the hill on which it stands.
The Monastery of the Transfiguration is the largest of the monasteries around Veliko Tarnovo and the fourth in Bulgaria. It was founded during the second kingdom of Bulgaria in the 13th and 14th centuries, but the main current buildings were built in the first half of the 19th century.
The Sokolski Monastery is an Orthodox monastery built in 1833. Its style corresponds to that of the Bulgarian National Revival that spread throughout the country after the fall of the Ottoman Empire. The support of the local population of the nearby village of Gabrovo was key to giving the monastery a renewed and radiant appearance.
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