Criterion (vi): Rila Monastery is considered a symbol of the 19th Century Bulgarian Renaissance which imparted Slavic values upon Rila in trying to reestablish an uninterrupted historic continuity.

In 1560, the monastery suffered another setback ... Toward the end of the 19th century, John Patrick Crichton-Stuart, third marquess of Bute, one of the richest men in Europe, became a fervent ...

VENDREDI - Saint Alexander Nevsky Monastery, SAMDI - View of Neva River and DIMANCHE - Mariniiskaya Hospital, further mounted on later walnut panels, the plaques - 4.2 x 7.6cm, mid-19th century ...