RILA MONASTERY
The monastery is a wide complex build in a remarkable architectural style.
Right in the center of the complex raises Hrelyo Tower - a powerful stone fortification, the sole preserved building of Medieval Times (1335).
A museum has been arranged in the newly built eastern wing of the monastery building which houses the gate of the Hrelyo Church, ancient weapons of the monastery guards and certificates of merit of Bulgarian tsars.
The Rila Monastery is listed in the UNESCO World heriatge List, as a monument of an extraordinary value and significance for world culture.
