Dragalev Monastery
Address
Vitosha Mountain
GPS
42.619240215993, 23.299140486978
Dragalev Monastery "Assumption of the Virgin Mary" is a Bulgarian Orthodox monastery. In the past it was also called "St. Mary Vitosha" и "Vitosha Most Pure Mother of God". The monastery is a complex of church, residential and farm buildings. Burned and abandoned after the conquest of Sofia by the Ottoman Turks in 1382 he is inIt was rebuilt in the middle of the 15th century and became a centre of lively literary and educational activity. In the 14th - 16th centuries it was the centre of The Sofia Literary School.
In 1932, the church was enlarged with the addition of a new nave; today its 2 parts are one - a cultural monument of national importance. The other buildings around are new, in Bulgarian national style.
