Св. Георги и Св. Екатерина

Св. Георги и Св. Екатерина is a church in Asenovgrad, Plovdiv. Св. Георги и Св. Екатерина is situated near the church Св. Спиридон, as well as near Параклис Рождество на Пресвета Богородица (Св. Ефиромени).

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Asen’s Fortress and Shipka.

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 1½ km south of Св. Георги и Св. Екатерина.

Shipka

Stadium

Football Club Asenovets are a Bulgarian association football club based in Asenovgrad, Plovdiv Province, currently playing in the South-East Third League, the third level of Bulgarian football. Shipka is situated 1¼ km northwest of Св. Георги и Св. Екатерина.

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 1½ km south of Св. Георги и Св. Екатерина.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Asenovgrad and Gonda voda.

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.