Church of the Holy Mother of God
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.Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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- Type: Church
- Denomination: Orthodox
- Description: church building in Asenovgrad, Bulgaria
- Also known as: “Church of the Holy Mother of God, Asen’s Fortress” and “Sveta Bogoroditsa Petrichka”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Asen’s Fortress and Anatema.
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.
Anatema
Protected area
Photo: Givern, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Anatema is a protected area, which is situated 1½ km east of Church of the Holy Mother of God.
Паисий Хилендарски
Library
Photo: Милена Марковска, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Паисий Хилендарски is a library, which is situated 2½ km north of Church of the Holy Mother of God.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Asenovgrad and Gonda voda.
Asenovgrad
Photo: Egunt07, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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.
Gonda voda
Locality
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Gonda voda is a locality, which is situated 3 km southeast of Church of the Holy Mother of God.
Bachkovo
Village
Photo: MihalOrela, CC BY 3.0.
Bachkovo is a village, which is situated 4 km south of Church of the Holy Mother of God.
Church of the Holy Mother of God
- Categories: building, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Asenovgrad, Plovdiv, Bulgaria, Balkans, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
41.98698° or 41° 59′ 13″ northLongitude
24.87384° or 24° 52′ 26″ eastOpen location code
8GH6XVPF+QGOpenStreetMap ID
way 298274239OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=churchOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=orthodoxWikidata ID
Q5117912
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In Other Languages
From Azerbaijani to Slovak—“Church of the Holy Mother of God” goes by many names.
- Azerbaijani: “Müqəddəs Məryəm Ana kilsəsi, Asen qalası”
- Azerbaijani: “Müqəddəs Məryəm Ana kilsəsi”
- Bulgarian: “Света Богородица Петричка”
- Georgian: “ყოვლადწმინდა ღვთისმშობლის ეკლესია (ასენის ციხესიმაგრე)”
- Georgian: “ყოვლადწმინდა ღვთისმშობლის ეკლესია”
- Serbian: “Богородичина црква на Асеновој тврђави”
- Slovak: “Chrám svätej Bohorodičky Petričskej”
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