Church of the Holy. Trinity
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The Bulgarian town of Asenovgrad, you can admire the local landmark - the church of the Holy Trinity. It was built in 1853. According to historians, its construction is due desire Bulgarians have available Orthodox church, where the service would be conducted in the native Bulgarian. In this regard, the Church of the Holy Trinity were high expectations: for its construction has been spent a lot of manpower and resources. But, unfortunately, the temple remained in the hands of the Greeks to the early XX century.

The church is a fairly large building - the basilica with three domes on the roof and a pentagonal apse. Above the massive stone porch at the western entrance stands the snow-white bell tower. It was layered in 1938 by architect Bojana Chinkova. According to its architectural plan of the building as a whole it is very similar to other urban basilica - the church of St. George. Two rows of six columns with refined capitals divide the space into three naves of the temple.

From 1853 to 1857 the Greek painters (while the temple belonged to the Greeks) painted icons for the new church. The right side of the iconostasis is the icon of Jesus Christ, to the left - the icon of the Holy Virgin. In 1866 there appeared the works of such masters of iconography as Xaphen G., S. Andonova and others.

For residents of Asenovgrad Holy Trinity Church it is of great importance not only because it is a monument of architecture and history, but also because once this building housed the city's first Bulgarian school.

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