Friday 8 September 2017

Holiday Memories - Sixth Day [first part]

 Long  this day  we spent  exploring. We drove many kilometers to reach Kaliakra, beautiful place with wonderful view on the sea. On the way we visited Aladzha Monastery and Balchik with beautiful gardens.  I made 500 photos this day. There was a lot  to see. We really enjoyed this day.
You can watch photos of Aladzha Monastery  which has been recognized as one of the most interesting destinations on the Black Sea Coast
 Aladzha Monastery is the most famous medieval cave monastery on the Bulgarian Black Sea coast. It was inhabited by hermit monks during the XIII- XIV centuries.
 The monastery caves are hewn on two levels into an almost 40m high limestone rock. The first level consists of a monastery church, monastic cells, a dining premise and a kitchen, a small cemetery church, a crypt (bone-vault) and farm premises. The second level is a natural cave recess in the eastern end of which there is a monastery chapel.

 After the fall of Bulgaria under the Ottoman yoke in the end of  14th  century, Aladzha Monastery has gradually declined and it was probably around 15th – 16th  century when it was finally abandoned.
The Christian name of the Monastery is unknown. The name “aladzha” (alaca) has a Persian – Arabian origin meaning “motley, bright”. At the beginning of the last century, K. Shkorpil wrote a legend according to which the patron of the monastery was St Spas (named after Christ the Saviour).




















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