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Review:
A UNESCO World Heritage Site, Boyana Church was completed in the early 11th century as a medieval Bulgarian Orthodox church. What makes the church unique and a must-visit spot for those in Bulgaria are the frescoes - 240 human images in 89 scenes depicted on the walls of the church. The frescoes visitors see today form a second layer painted over the original in 1259. The paintings draw visitors from all over the world, and rightly so as they are one of the most well-preserved monuments of medieval art in the Balkans. Some aspects of the frescoes that shouldn't be missed include the paintings of Christ among the scribes, Pantocrator, Konstantin Tih of Bulgaria and Eirene of Nicaea, and St. Nicholas.
Address: Boyana Church, 3 Boyansko Ezero Str. Sofia 1616, +359-2-959-0939
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