THE GABROVO SOKOLSKI MONASTERY ,,THE ASSUMPTION"
The monastery is situated among the northern slopes of the Shipka-Teteven part of the Balkan Mountain, in a beautiful place called ,,Sokola", about 12 km off Gabrovo.It was founded by the prominent clergyman and educator Joseph called later Sokolski. In the beginning a small church was built and in 1834, aided by the population in the region, in its place was erected a large stone building with a dome over a polyhedral drum. The walls on the outside are plastically formed, with shallow alcoves, and in the western part is formed an open narthex.The monastery complex is situated on two levels, w ... more