Bachkovo

Bachkovo is a locality in Asenovgrad, Plovdiv. Bachkovo is situated nearby to the locality Gonda voda, as well as near the village Lyaskovo.

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Highlights include Bachkovo Monastery and Asen’s Fortress.

Bachkovo Monastery

Monastery

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The Bachkovo Monastery of the Dormition of the Theotokos, archaically the Petritsoni Monastery or Monastery of the Mother of God Petritzonitissa is a major Eastern Orthodox monastery in Southern Bulgaria.

Asen’s Fortress

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Asen's Fortress, identified by some researchers as Petrich, is a medieval fortress in the Bulgarian Rhodope Mountains, 2 to 3 kilometres south of the town of Asenovgrad, on a high rocky ridge on the left bank of the Asenitsa River. Asen’s Fortress is situated 4 km north of Bachkovo.

Church of the Holy Mother of God

Church

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The Church of the Holy Mother of God is the popular name of a medieval Eastern Orthodox church located in Asen's Fortress. It lies near Asenovgrad in the Rhodope Mountains of Plovdiv Province, south central Bulgaria. Church of the Holy Mother of God is situated 4 km north of Bachkovo.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Asenovgrad and Bachkovo.

Asenovgrad

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Asenovgrad is a city of 50,000 in South-Central Bulgaria, under the slopes of the Rhodope Mountains, not far from Plovdiv, Bulgaria's second largest city.