Troyan Monastery

The monastery was founded at the end of the 16th century. It is remarkable for its architecture, its woodcarving and the wonderful murals in the monastery church. They are the work of Zahari Zograf, one of the greatest painters of the Bulgarian National Revival.

In the middle of the 19th century the monastery was a well-known centre of letters and a true centre of the revolution. Vasil Levski, the Apostle of Freedom, founded a revolutionary committee here, in which all the monks took part. The museum of the Apostle in the monastery tells of those times.

In short

From Apriltsi

25 km

Founded

at the end of the 16th century

Murals

Zahari Zograf

In the monastery

a museum of Vasil Levski

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

See the house