Zemen municipality is located in South-West Bulgaria in Pernik District. The Municipality consists of 19 cities and villages. The regional center of Zemen municipality is Town of Zemen. Information about Municipality Zemen
Culture: Tryavna, Alexandrovo, Bachkovo, Zemen and others suggested to the UNESCO list City of Sofia >> Wednesday, 2009-07-08 14:10 Source: Focus Agency Sofia : 13 centuries of Bulgaria National Endowment Fund is to organize a competition for people up to 35 years of age titled " What I know about Bulgarian historical heritage ". The Fund is to draft a map and work out a brochure about the UNESCO cultural heritage sites in Bulgaria. The Fund also suggests that the entire town of Tryavna , its icon-painting school, Alexandrovo Thracian tomb, Samokov icon-painting school, Bachkovo Monastery, Zemen Monastery, Basarbov Monastery should join the UNESCO...
Culture: Monastery St. John the Baptist near village of Jablyano Village of Jablyano >> Friday, 2009-06-26 13:17 Source: BIA Just under the Kurilovo peak, at the foot of Koniavska Mountain, and only at a 2 km distance southwards of Jablyano village ( Pernik district ) is settled the Jablyano monastery St. John the Baptist. Nobody knows when exactly the monastery was built. During the Ottoman yoke the monastery was destroyed. Later in the 18th century it was renovated. The complex consists of three–nave, coupon church, built in 1884 and some houses. A monastery school was established there during the first half if the 1...
Lifestyle: 18th International Mummers` Festival in Pernik Town of Pernik >> Monday, 2009-01-26 16:56 Source: News.bg The 18 edition of the International Mummers` Festival "Surva 2009" took place in Pernik during the weekend. Around 2000 participants and 40 groups marched on Pernik `s main street, demonstrating typical Bulgarian customs and contesting for the best costume and mask. The record for the biggest mask is for the group from the village of Gabrovdol - seven metres. The oldest participant in the festival is also from that village - the 86-year-old Nestor Nestorov. The foreign groups were given a special st... Culture: The Zemen Monastery - Completely different from the XIVc.officials Byzantine and Turnovo school styles Town of Zemen >> Wednesday, 2006-09-13 12:00 Source: VisitToBulgaria.com 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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