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Late Medieval Church “St. Nikola the Miracle-Maker” - village of Slokoshtitsa
The church is situated at the end of the upper quarter of the village Slokoshtitsa, on the left bank of the river Slokoska. It is a small, one-nave and one-apse building with semi cylindrical vault, having already been replaced with an eaves-shaped roof with…
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St. Archangel Michael Medieval Church village of Goranovtsi
In fact, the church is located 2 km north of the village of Goranovtsi (17 km from Kyustendil), just before the next village – Dolno Uyno, on the right bank of the river Dragovishtitsa.
In the past, it was part of a…
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St. Peter and Pavel Renaissance Church - village of Prekolnitsa
St. Peter and Pavel is the oldest and the largest Renaissance church within the region of Kamenitsa. It is situated in the center of the village of Prekolnitsa. It is a three-nave basilica with three blank domes and rich decoration of woodcarving of the…
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St. Trinity Church-Monument – village of Gyueshevo
In the close of Bulgarian-Macedonian border, on the trace of the future railway Sofia – Skopie, there was built Trinity Church-monument in the village of Gyueshevo. In the border region during the wars in the beginning of 20th century a lot of Bulgarian soldiers…
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Church St. Teodor Tiron - the village of Sovolyano
The church St. Teodor Tiron was built in 1834 upon the bases of an older shrine. It is the second church, built in the region after the Bishop's Church Virgin Mary's Assumption in the town of Kyustendil in…
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Do you know that:
- the International Competition for Classical Guitar “Academic Marin Goleminov" is organized annually in Kyustendil.
- in 1966 Kyustendil was declared a national resort.
- the famous children's poet Vesa Paspaleeva is from Kyustendil.