Ivanovo ( bg, Иваново, ) is a village in northeastern

Bulgaria Bulgaria (; bg, България, Bǎlgariya), officially the Republic of Bulgaria,, ) is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the eastern flank of the Balkans, and is bordered by Romania to the north, Serbia and North Macedon ...

, part of

Rousse Province Ruse Province ( bg, Област Русе, translit=Oblast Ruse), or Rusenska Oblast ( bg, Русенска област, former name Ruse okrug) is a province in northern Bulgaria, named after its main city, Ruse, neighbouring Romania via the ...

. It is the administrative centre of

Ivanovo Municipality Ivanovo Municipality ( bg, Община Иваново) is a Municipalities of Bulgaria, municipality (''obshtina'') in Ruse Province, Central-North Bulgaria, located along the right bank of Danube river in the Danubian Plain (Bulgaria), Danubian ...

, which lies in the central part of

Ivanovo is located 20 kilometres south of the provincial capital of

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, in the eastern Danubian Plain. The village is famous for the Rock-hewn Churches of Ivanovo, a

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group of

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churches, chapels and

cave monasteries A cave monastery is a monastery built in caves, with possible outside facilities. The 3rd-century monk St. Antony the Great, known as the founder of monasticism, lived in a cave. *Albania ** Qafthanë Cave Church, cave church near Urakë ** S ...

hewn out of solid rock in the vicinity of Ivanovo. The monastical complex was active from the early 13th to the 17th century.

Gallery

Image:Ivanovo decke2.jpg, Murals in the Rock-hewn Churches of Ivanovo Image:Ivanovo kirche.jpg, A cave church in the Rock-hewn Churches complex

External links

Ivanovo municipality page at the Rousse Province website
Villages in Ruse Province {{RuseBG-geo-stub