The ruins of the monastery of St. Saviour
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The ruins of the monastery of St. Saviour are six or seven kilometers north of the town of Sliven, upstream of the Monastery of the river. He is one of the 24 monasteries located in a mountainous area near the town of Sliven.

Once the monastery of St. Saviour was a small fortress, surrounded by a high stone wall. The territory of the monastery took about 1, 5 hectares. Here it was located the church. Basilica with the porch was 13, 5 meters long and 5 meters wide 5. The temple had a large pentagonal and two small triangular apse. At the northern and eastern sides of the fortress wall located monastic cells, which were hotbeds, furnace and special niche rectangular intended for prayer. In one of them, the researchers found the cross on which were carved the letters «IC XC, NI KA», which means in translation: "Jesus Christ conquers".

As a result of archeological excavations here were found antiquities. Among the finds is dominated by painted clay pots and bowls, various coins, bronze clasps for books and more. Scientists discovered evidence suggests that the monastery complex was built around the end of XIII- beginning of XIV century.

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