Batoshevo Monastery of the Dormition

It was built in the 13th century and destroyed during Ottoman rule. It was restored in 1836 and painted with murals in 1869. The church is in the National Revival style, and the greatest treasure of the monastery is its iconostasis, a work of the Tryavna woodcarving school.

In the years of Ottoman rule the monastery was a guardian of the Bulgarian spirit. Bacho Kiro and Matey Preobrazhenski, known as Mitkaloto, were its pupils.

In the village itself is the nuns’ cloister of the Presentation of the Virgin, built in the 17th century.

In short

Where

on the Apriltsi–Sevlievo road, 14 km from Sevlievo

Built

in the 13th century

Restored

in 1836

Murals painted

in 1869

Iconostasis

Tryavna woodcarving school

Guest House Reni is in Apriltsi, 600 m from the town centre.

See the house