| Completely different from both the official Byzantine style and the other official Turnovo School, are the architecture and painting of the Zemen Monastery , founded during the 14th century. It is located above the Strouma River, 76 km south-east of Sofia .
According to a donor`s inscription in the St. John the Theologian Church, in 1354, the ruler of the Velbuzhd Principality, Despot Deyan, enlarged the church of the already existing monastery, decorating it with murals. A solid stone building... |
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