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Dryanovo Monastery and Bacho Kiro Cave
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National Tourist Site

Dryanovo Monastery and Bacho Kiro Cave

A working monastery tied to the April Uprising and a four-level cave next to it.

National Tourist Site

About Dryanovo Monastery and Bacho Kiro Cave

Dryanovo Monastery stands in the Andaka valley, inside the Bulgarka Nature Park, 5 km from Dryanovo. It was founded in the 12th century and is dedicated to the Archangel Michael. In 1876, during the April Uprising, rebels held out here for nine days against Ottoman forces; a museum and an ossuary remember them.

Bacho Kiro Cave lies 300 metres from the monastery. It is a four-storey labyrinth of galleries, named after the teacher and revolutionary Bacho Kiro, and has yielded some of the oldest remains of modern humans in Europe.

What to see

  • Dryanovo Monastery
  • Bacho Kiro Cave

Dryanovo Monastery and Bacho Kiro Cave on the map

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  1. 1 Hadzhistoyanovo School and Hotalich Fortress, Sevlievo National Tourist Site
  2. 2 Kolyu Ficheto Museum, Dryanovo National Tourist Site
  3. 3 Dryanovo Monastery and Bacho Kiro Cave National Tourist Site
  4. 4 Bozhentsi Architectural Reserve National Tourist Site
  5. 5 Gabrovo Regional History Museum and Dechkova House National Tourist Site
  6. 6 Museum of Woodcarving and Icon Painting, Tryavna National Tourist Site
  7. 7 Etar Open-Air Ethnographic Museum National Tourist Site
  8. 8 Museum of Education, House of Humour and Uzana National Tourist Site

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