ellie925
The Aladzha Monastery is an amazing and impressive place. It is a medieval Orthodox Christian cave monastery complex in northeastern Bulgaria, near Varna.
The monastery is dedicated to the Holy Trinity. It was established around 12 – 13 century, but remains of a 5th-century cave monastery have been found nearby.
The monastery caves were hewn into a 25-m high vertical karst cliff near the upper edge of the Franga plateau on several levels. It’s difficult to imagine how monks lived there.
Today, it’s not an active monastery, but it’s a popular tourist destination.
All photos are mine.
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A beautiful monastery. I like to see such attractions.
Thank you so much, it’s a wonderful place indeed!
Thank you for sharing this image from Bulgaria.
Thanks for checking the post out!
You are welcome Ellie925.
Thank you so much for this exciting excursion, you’re awesome tour guide!!!
Thank you very much, dear Anastasia!
Thank you very much, friend!
As always your pictures are incredible! What an interesting place. Reminds me of the caves in Turkey!
Thank you very much! 🙂
Looks like just the sort of place I love to visit!
It’s a wonderful place indeed!
A unique and great monastery! I was curious about the interior. Nice picture, Ellie
I’m curious how it looked in the past, too. Now it’s just empty caves like the second photo. 🙂
Ohh I see… Yesterday, the second picture did not open when I visited this post, now I see it clearly.
I see, there have been many problems with the site lately.
Very cool shot, and thank you for the information 🙂 Great post!!
Thank you very much, I’m glad you like it! 🙂
I’d go there if I’m not afraid of heights lol
Hehe, it’s not too high, but the stairs can be challenging.
Amazing place. It looks breathtaking!
Thank you very much!
Amazing place. I have to visit him.
It’s a wonderful place indeed!
Wow and I can imagine this is a very busy tourist attraction. It looks breathtaking!
Thank you! Luckily, when we visited, there weren’t many people.