Bulgaria
Ruse
Ivanovo

Rock-Hewn Churches of Ivanovo

The Rock-hewn Churches of Ivanovo are a group of monolithic churches, and monasteries hewn out of solid rock and completely different from other monastery complexes in , located near the village of , 20 kilometers south of Rousse, on the high rocky banks of the , 32 meters above the river.
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  • Type: Church
  • Description: UNESCO World Heritage Site in Ruse Province, Bulgaria
  • Also known as: “Rock-hewn Churches of Ivanovo”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ivanovo and Shtraklevo.

Village
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is a village in northeastern , part of Rousse Province. It is the administrative centre of , which lies in the central part of Rousse Province. is situated 2½ km west of Rock-Hewn Churches of Ivanovo.

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is a village in northern . It is located in municipality of Ivanovo in Rousse. is situated 5 km northeast of Rock-Hewn Churches of Ivanovo.

Village
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is a village in northeastern in the . is situated in the municipality of Ivanovo. As of 2011, the village had 239 inhabitants. is situated 9 km south of Rock-Hewn Churches of Ivanovo.

Rock-Hewn Churches of Ivanovo

Latitude
43.69467° or 43° 41′ 41″ north
Longitude
25.98776° or 25° 59′ 16″ east
Inception
1218
Open location code
8GM7MXVQ+V4
Open­Street­Map ID
node 3469022021
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­church
Wiki­data ID
Q503387
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Rock-Hewn Churches of Ivanovo” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “كنائس إيفانوفو المنحوتة في الصخر”
  • Armenian: “Իվանովոյի քարանձավային եկեղեցիներ”
  • Bashkir: “Мәмерйә сиркәүҙәре (Иваново)”
  • Bashkir: “Мәмерйә сиркәүҙәре”
  • Belarusian: “Пячорныя цэрквы ў Іванаве”
  • Belarusian: “Пячорныя цэрквы”
  • Bulgarian: “Ивановски скални манастири”
  • Bulgarian: “Ивановски скални църкви”
  • Bulgarian: “Ивановските скални църкви”
  • Bulgarian: “Писмата”
  • Burmese: “အိုင်ဗန်နိုဗိုရှိ ကျောက်ဆစ်ဘုရားရှိခိုးကျောင်းများ”
  • Catalan: “esglésies rupestres d’Ivànovo”
  • Catalan: “Esglésies rupestres d’Ivànovo”
  • Chinese: “伊凡诺沃岩洞教堂”
  • Chinese: “伊凡诺沃岩洞教堂群”
  • Croatian: “Crkve u stijenama Ivanova”
  • Croatian: “Crkve u stijenama u Ivanovu”
  • Croatian: “Kamene crkve u Ivanovu”
  • Czech: “Skalní kostely v Ivanovu”
  • Dutch: “Rotskerken van Ivanovo”
  • Finnish: “Ivanovon kallioon hakatut kirkot”
  • French: “Eglises rupestres d’Ivanovo”
  • French: “églises rupestres d’Ivanovo”
  • French: “Églises rupestres d’Ivanovo”
  • Galician: “Igrexas rupestres de Ivanovo”
  • Georgian: “ივანოვოს გამოქვაბულის ეკლესიები”
  • German: “Felskirchen von Ivanovo”
  • German: “Felskirchen von Iwanowo”
  • Greek: “Μονολιθικές εκκλησίες του Ιβάνοβο”
  • Hebrew: “כנסיות איבאנובו”
  • Hindi: “इवानोवो के शिलाखंडित चर्च”
  • Hungarian: “Ivanovói sziklatemplomok”
  • Irish: “Eaglaisí Ivanovo”
  • Italian: “Chiese rupestri di Ivanovo”
  • Italian: “chiese scolpite nella roccia di Ivanovo”
  • Japanese: “イヴァノヴォの岩窟教会群”
  • Korean: “이바노보 암석 교회군”
  • Latvian: “Ivanovas klinšu baznīcas”
  • Lithuanian: “Ivanovo uolų cerkvės”
  • Macedonian: “Ивановски карпести цркви”
  • Maltese: “Knejjes Imħaffrin fil-Blat ta‘ Ivanovo”
  • Maltese: “Knejjes Imħaffrin fil-Blat ta’ Ivanovo”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Klippekirken i Ivanovo”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Klippekirkene i Ivanovo”
  • Norwegian: “Klippekirkene i Ivanovo”
  • Persian: “کلیساهای سنگ‌تراش ایوانوو”
  • Polish: “Skalne cerkwie w Iwanowie”
  • Portuguese: “Igrejas Rupestres de Ivanovo”
  • Romanian: “Bisericile rupestre de la Ivanovo”
  • Romanian: “Bisericile săpate în stâncă din Ivanovo”
  • Russian: “Пещерные церкви в Иваново”
  • Russian: “Пещерные церкви”
  • Serbian: “Kamene crkve u Ivanovu”
  • Serbian: “Ивановски скални църкви”
  • Serbian: “Камене цркве у Иванову”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Kamene crkve u Ivanovu”
  • Slovak: “Skalné chrámy v Ivanove”
  • Slovak: “Skalné kostoly v Ivanove”
  • Slovenian: “Ivanovske skalne cerkve”
  • Spanish: “iglesias rupestres de Ivanovo”
  • Spanish: “Iglesias rupestres de Ivanovo”
  • Swedish: “Klippkyrkorna i Ivanovo”
  • Turkish: “Ivanovo Kaya-Oyma Kiliseleri”
  • Ukrainian: “Печерні церкви в Іваново”
  • Vietnamese: “Các nhà thờ đục trong đá tại Ivanovo”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Rock-Hewn Churches of Ivanovo”. Photo: Haros, CC BY-SA 3.0.