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Bachkovo Monastery

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 .
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  • Opening hours: 7:00 AM—8:00 PM
  • Type: Monastery
  • Denomination: Orthodox
  • Description: Stavropigal monastery in Bulgaria
  • Also known as: “Bachkovo Monastery of the Dormition of the Theotokos”, “Bachkovski Manastir”, and “Monastery of the Mother of God Petritzonitissa”
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Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bachkovo and Gonda voda.

Village
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is a village.

Locality
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is a locality, which is situated 4 km northeast of Bachkovo Monastery.

Village
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is a village, which is situated 8 km southeast of Bachkovo Monastery.

Bachkovo Monastery

Latitude
41.94196° or 41° 56′ 31″ north
Longitude
24.84981° or 24° 50′ 59″ east
Open location code
8GH6WRRX+QW
Open­Street­Map ID
way 426877009
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Open­Street­Map attribute
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Wiki­data ID
Q47020
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In Other Languages

From Bashkir to Vietnamese—“Bachkovo Monastery” goes by many names.
  • Bashkir: “Бачков монастыры”
  • Belarusian: “Бачкоўскі манастыр”
  • Bulgarian: “Бачковски манастир „Успение Богородично“”
  • Bulgarian: “Бачковски манастир”
  • Catalan: “monestir de Bàtxkovo”
  • Catalan: “monestir de la Mare de Déu de Petritzós”
  • Chinese: “巴奇科沃修道院”
  • Croatian: “Bačkovski manastir”
  • Czech: “Bačkovský klášter”
  • Danish: “Bachkovo klosteret”
  • Danish: “Batjkovo-klosteret”
  • Dutch: “Bachkovo Monastery”
  • French: “Monastère de Bachkovo”
  • French: “monastère de Batchkovo”
  • French: “Monastère de Batchkovo”
  • Georgian: “ბაჩკოვოს მონასტერი”
  • Georgian: “პეტრიწონის მონასტერი”
  • German: “Batschkowo-Kloster”
  • German: “Kloster Batschkowo”
  • Greek: “Moναστήρι Μπάτσκοβο”
  • Greek: “Moνή Μπάτσκοβο”
  • Greek: “Μοναστήρι του Μπάτσκοβο”
  • Hebrew: “מנזר באצ’קובו”
  • Italian: “Monastero di Bachkovo”
  • Italian: “Monastero di Bačkovo”
  • Japanese: “バチコヴォ修道院”
  • Latvian: “Bačkovo klosteris”
  • Macedonian: “Бачковски манастир”
  • Persian: “صومعه باچکوو”
  • Polish: “Monaster Wniebowstąpienia Matki Bożej w Baczkowie”
  • Polish: “Monaster Zaśnięcia Matki Bożej w Baczkowie”
  • Polish: “Monastyr Baczkowski”
  • Russian: “Бачковский монастырь”
  • Serbian: “Бачковски манастир”
  • Slovenian: “Samostan Bačkovo”
  • Spanish: “Monasterio de Bachkovo”
  • Swedish: “Bachkovoklostret”
  • Turkish: “Baçkovo Manastırı”
  • Ukrainian: “Бачковський монастир”
  • Vietnamese: “Tu viện Bachkovo”

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