Ivanovo (, ) is a village in northeastern

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, part of

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. It is the administrative centre of

Ivanovo Municipality Ivanovo Municipality () is a municipality ('' obshtina'') in Ruse Province, Central-North Bulgaria, located along the right bank of Danube river in the Danubian Plain. It is named after its administrative centre - the village of Ivanovo. The mun ...

, 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

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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