# Bulgarian Monasteries and the Horseman of Madara (2026-06-18) **URL:** \ **Category:** breadcrumbs\ **Tags:** photography\ **Created:** [June 19, 2026, 1:49am UTC](https://pluralist.net/t/bulgarian-monasteries-and-the-horseman-of-madara-2026-06-18/334 "2026-06-19T01:49:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Page:** 1
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Nikola Gruev has a wonderful old PBase index of Bulgarian monasteries and the Horseman of Madara. The page is very of-its-era: black background, tiny map images, and a long grid of monastery galleries. Source: [Bulgarian monasteries and the Horsåman of Madara Photo Gallery by Nikola Gruev at pbase.com](https://pbase.com/ngruev/monasteries) Photographer/gallery owner: Nikola Gruev on PBase Original gallery note: > Bulgaria has 161 monasteries within the 14 church regions, called “sveti metropolii”. I have no intention to show all of them, but rather only the ones I have visited in the past and the ones I may visit in the future. > For information on the Bulgarian monasteries, please visit this site: [[http://www.infotel.bg/rubrics/manastir/manastirglaven.htm](http://www.infotel.bg/rubrics/manastir/manastirglaven.htm) ([http://www.infotel.bg/rubrics/manastir/manastirglaven.htm](http://www.infotel.bg/rubrics/manastir/manastirglaven.htm)) and this one [[http://www.bulgarianmonastery.com/](http://www.bulgarianmonastery.com/) ([http://www.bulgarianmonastery.com/](http://www.bulgarianmonastery.com/)) > Click on the first letter of the monastery’s name, to see the information. I pulled the full visible/index set here: 47 tiles (4 map/photo pages and 43 monastery/Madara gallery covers). The linked PBase subgalleries contain 1,210 individual images, so this post keeps the navigable index rather than flooding the topic with every internal frame. ## Index photos and gallery covers ### 1. Location of monasteries in northtern Bulgaria [Original PBase page](https://pbase.com/ngruev/image/75124712) ![Location of monasteries in northtern Bulgaria](https://pluralist.net/uploads/default/original/1X/0f6bca1b22a70259dc6a1b580a0831adfe98fea7.jpeg) ### 2. Location of monasteries in southern Bulgaria [Original PBase page](https://pbase.com/ngruev/image/75124796) ![Location of monasteries in southern Bulgaria](https://pluralist.net/uploads/default/original/1X/3daecdd4e8211fbf78ad0f402e9b02ba283d52f4.jpeg) ### 3. Monasteries around Veliko Tarnovo [Original PBase page](https://pbase.com/ngruev/image/75127873) ![Monasteries around Veliko Tarnovo](https://pluralist.net/uploads/default/original/1X/f6f46b4557ca3ce50b23abd0559cc24d4c5fc79a.jpeg) ### 4. Monasteries around Sofia [Original PBase page](https://pbase.com/ngruev/image/75127835) ![Monasteries around Sofia](https://pluralist.net/uploads/default/original/1X/b1cf262e021d17f062e910d1e9d76d99b7be8c0b.jpeg) ### 5. Batchkovski monastery #1 [Original PBase page](https://pbase.com/ngruev/batchkovski) ![Batchkovski monastery #1](https://pluralist.net/uploads/default/original/1X/62abe3a7a9a448930ddc7d159c7962ac532ff091.jpeg) ### 6. Rila monastery #2 [Original PBase page](https://pbase.com/ngruev/rilamonastery) ![Rila monastery #2](https://pluralist.net/uploads/default/original/1X/4782223683b1ccbb1099b99b8d9b3f7c5d0cc357.jpeg) ### 7. Troyan monastery #3 [Original PBase page](https://pbase.com/ngruev/troianski_monastir) ![Troyan monastery #3](https://pluralist.net/uploads/default/original/1X/f155d93a860f62dce99f0a1f90813d7d77a2ca52.jpeg) ### 8. Dobridolski Monastery #6 [Original PBase page](https://pbase.com/ngruev/dobridolski_monastery) ![Dobridolski Monastery #6](https://pluralist.net/uploads/default/original/1X/75e2db1e09c6bf257b1521aead7ca074189d0d92.jpeg) ### 9. Izvorski Monastery #7 [Original PBase page](https://pbase.com/ngruev/izvorski_monastery) ![Izvorski Monastery #7](https://pluralist.net/uploads/default/original/1X/81af2aab090e7c34a2928b3755591c2aecb9ad0e.jpeg) ### 10. Klisurski monastery #8 [Original PBase page](https://pbase.com/ngruev/klisurski) ![Klisurski monastery #8](https://pluralist.net/uploads/default/original/1X/4dcac837358e137ac102ab62b891218cd986489c.jpeg) ### 11. Lopuchanski monastery #9 [Original PBase page](https://pbase.com/ngruev/lopuchanski) ![Lopuchanski monastery #9](https://pluralist.net/uploads/default/original/1X/0e222caf419f8f34d70fa8e42c47d62d4bc8eccc.jpeg) ### 12. Tchiprovski monastery #11 [Original PBase page](https://pbase.com/ngruev/tchiprovski_) ![Tchiprovski monastery #11](https://pluralist.net/uploads/default/original/1X/b8154772fb0ccf5f474d5a1a1447377d242a8039.jpeg) ### 13. Bistretski monastery (Sv. Ivan Pusti) #12 [Original PBase page](https://pbase.com/ngruev/bistretski_monastery) ![Bistretski monastery (Sv. Ivan Pusti) #12](https://pluralist.net/uploads/default/original/1X/04ebbbf1422fd4d2c1fd74232325975fb4b9a26f.jpeg) ### 14. Cherepishki Monastery #17 [Original PBase page](https://pbase.com/ngruev/cherepishki) ![Cherepishki Monastery #17](https://pluralist.net/uploads/default/original/1X/363167b41ca4254073f78340045484520aecc379.jpeg) ### 15. Vratchechki monastery #19 [Original PBase page](https://pbase.com/ngruev/vratchechki) ![Vratchechki monastery #19](https://pluralist.net/uploads/default/original/1X/91451b43ed56061967e526b4f1257a064cbe5370.jpeg) ### 16. Glojenski monastery #20 [Original PBase page](https://pbase.com/ngruev/glojene) ![Glojenski monastery #20](https://pluralist.net/uploads/default/original/1X/2a01b0919a8b0da41c1531d729a190bfe4888f99.jpeg) ### 17. Etropolski monastery #21 [Original PBase page](https://pbase.com/ngruev/etropolski) ![Etropolski monastery #21](https://pluralist.net/uploads/default/original/1X/c7cb5c43f79e253563f1ffce53a02da9b446ceb2.jpeg) ### 18. Sokolski monastery #35 [Original PBase page](https://pbase.com/ngruev/sokolski) ![Sokolski monastery #35](https://pluralist.net/uploads/default/original/1X/c9403dad901a469ad12e266a192681fde4644697.jpeg) ### 19. Dryanovo monastery #37 [Original PBase page](https://pbase.com/ngruev/drianovski) ![Dryanovo monastery #37](https://pluralist.net/uploads/default/original/1X/6181b600e2cbd0bb880630553961b8fc5fc3f1b8.jpeg) ### 20. Patriarcheski monastery #42 [Original PBase page](https://pbase.com/ngruev/patriarcheski) ![Patriarcheski monastery #42](https://pluralist.net/uploads/default/original/1X/b888fdfb612c890e3f6a26bdfe26ba32d715f202.jpeg) ### 21. Petropavlovski monastery #43 [Original PBase page](https://pbase.com/ngruev/petropavlovski) ![Petropavlovski monastery #43](https://pluralist.net/uploads/default/original/1X/2dd680b111adb1c3d7b71b5f22eb3baf0bc1dbd2.jpeg) ### 22. Preobrazhenski monastery #45 [Original PBase page](https://pbase.com/ngruev/preobrazhenski) ![Preobrazhenski monastery #45](https://pluralist.net/uploads/default/original/1X/3f6596ccbb1915d08b8dc0fe4f2289957d21ee98.jpeg) ### 23. Basarbovski monastery #51 [Original PBase page](https://pbase.com/ngruev/basarbovski_monastery) ![Basarbovski monastery #51](https://pluralist.net/uploads/default/original/1X/bdc971a9a9d3f89887f35476abd3815cb3192538.jpeg) ### 24. Aladja monastery #57 [Original PBase page](https://pbase.com/ngruev/aladja) ![Aladja monastery #57](https://pluralist.net/uploads/default/original/1X/13f1b8ac11346d5d5c5cfb993fdb4a2665a48f8e.jpeg) ### 25. St. St. Constantine and Elena monastery #58 [Original PBase page](https://pbase.com/ngruev/konstantin_elena) ![St. St. Constantine and Elena monastery #58](https://pluralist.net/uploads/default/original/1X/286a750300d53c3768a4770d4254ec9b13f4b06f.jpeg) ### 26. Kazanluchki monastery #68 [Original PBase page](https://pbase.com/ngruev/kazanluchki) ![Kazanluchki monastery #68](https://pluralist.net/uploads/default/original/1X/45aaaa4adfce85a0dea7591b87622fafcafbdec3.jpeg) ### 27. Maglish monastery #69 [Original PBase page](https://pbase.com/ngruev/maglish) ![Maglish monastery #69](https://pluralist.net/uploads/default/original/1X/e83d4f6daecc3a7c9adab8a685090e0a4f5f7521.jpeg) ### 28. Kaloferski convent #77 [Original PBase page](https://pbase.com/ngruev/kaloferskiconvent) ![Kaloferski convent #77](https://pluralist.net/uploads/default/original/1X/a417aee650ea0cbb5dc164cbeb1ffe032fbc7ca9.jpeg) ### 29. Kaloferski monastery #78 [Original PBase page](https://pbase.com/ngruev/kaloferski) ![Kaloferski monastery #78](https://pluralist.net/uploads/default/original/1X/522325568a231188d0f23a1c970959268b4db949.jpeg) ### 30. Sopot Convent #83 [Original PBase page](https://pbase.com/ngruev/sopotconvent) ![Sopot Convent #83](https://pluralist.net/uploads/default/original/1X/1d6639a0a8319e725c4e5b00abd28c4d05dbe002.jpeg) ### 31. Sopot monastery The Holy Saviour #84 [Original PBase page](https://pbase.com/ngruev/sopotmonastery) ![Sopot monastery The Holy Saviour #84](https://pluralist.net/uploads/default/original/1X/542401892ce037c4f7e1cb82a361c44fc55150f7.jpeg) ### 32. Gotsedeltchevski monastery #86 [Original PBase page](https://pbase.com/ngruev/gotsedeltchevski_monastery) ![Gotsedeltchevski monastery #86](https://pluralist.net/uploads/default/original/1X/47617773caa62ca06bef0b93900ed50b1a20a535.jpeg) ### 33. Rojen monastery #89 [Original PBase page](https://pbase.com/ngruev/rojen) ![Rojen monastery #89](https://pluralist.net/uploads/default/original/1X/3983824861a9a2a6ff2c6ecf6323a20d8018e83b.jpeg) ### 34. Hadjidimovski monastery #92 [Original PBase page](https://pbase.com/ngruev/hadjidimovski) ![Hadjidimovski monastery #92](https://pluralist.net/uploads/default/original/1X/35be48c7422dafc3cdcbb61f2a06f6f80d9618bf.jpeg) ### 35. Sveta Petka monastery #97 [Original PBase page](https://pbase.com/ngruev/sveta_petka) ![Sveta Petka monastery #97](https://pluralist.net/uploads/default/original/1X/3d610217719717e866dda4c92589f6a744e87e0a.jpeg) ### 36. Vladaiski monastery # 104 [Original PBase page](https://pbase.com/ngruev/vladaiski_monastery) ![Vladaiski monastery # 104](https://pluralist.net/uploads/default/original/1X/f798c965fadb884da80066ed5a15671ad34afe24.jpeg) ### 37. Germanski monastery #106 [Original PBase page](https://pbase.com/ngruev/germanmonastery) ![Germanski monastery #106](https://pluralist.net/uploads/default/original/1X/4bcb08378d8255079127af3bfa326b1e2d5732da.jpeg) ### 38. Giginski monastery # 107 [Original PBase page](https://pbase.com/ngruev/giginski_monastery) ![Giginski monastery # 107](https://pluralist.net/uploads/default/original/1X/fb7562e2b5391c1e7029ead5f9a3efae11a99af2.jpeg) ### 39. Sveti Georgi Monastery #108 [Original PBase page](https://pbase.com/ngruev/sveti_georgi_monastery_108) ![Sveti Georgi Monastery #108](https://pluralist.net/uploads/default/original/1X/77e694f094d9ab6c7c322a9967cbd6ce654578ea.jpeg) ### 40. Granishki monastery #113 [Original PBase page](https://pbase.com/ngruev/granishki_monastery) ![Granishki monastery #113](https://pluralist.net/uploads/default/original/1X/683903ea7f47e2f509362dabec2ee17e93edaed8.jpeg) ### 41. Dragalevski monastery #118 [Original PBase page](https://pbase.com/ngruev/dragalevtsi) ![Dragalevski monastery #118](https://pluralist.net/uploads/default/original/1X/b37c7b29a4bde1ac300def993ce93191d3a803ab.jpeg) ### 42. Kremikovski monastery #131 [Original PBase page](https://pbase.com/ngruev/kremikovski) ![Kremikovski monastery #131](https://pluralist.net/uploads/default/original/1X/35e5c7689a8a1a8621e9a359117e03eeb5240114.jpeg) ### 43. Lozenski monastery #134 [Original PBase page](https://pbase.com/ngruev/lozenski_monastery) ![Lozenski monastery #134](https://pluralist.net/uploads/default/original/1X/1feba8270a18c1a87ae47885bdfed8c73f113585.jpeg) ### 44. Osenovlachki Monastery #140 (Sedemte Prestola) [Original PBase page](https://pbase.com/ngruev/sedemte_prestola) ![Osenovlachki Monastery #140 (Sedemte Prestola)](https://pluralist.net/uploads/default/original/1X/66bae25063f84ca838115f71c00efacf8a07e2b1.jpeg) ### 45. Shiakovski monastery # 160 [Original PBase page](https://pbase.com/ngruev/shiakovski_monastery) ![Shiakovski monastery # 160](https://pluralist.net/uploads/default/original/1X/45f6a21e2aa2753ad79754c2551075b45c2bfb32.jpeg) ### 46. Shipka Monastery [Original PBase page](https://pbase.com/ngruev/chipkamonastery) ![Shipka Monastery](https://pluralist.net/uploads/default/original/1X/9a930b2afad31282ac4263d4ddb2be2b627de867.jpeg) ### 47. The Horseman of Madara [Original PBase page](https://pbase.com/ngruev/madara) ![The Horseman of Madara](https://pluralist.net/uploads/default/original/1X/44b4ee93f3a8f0d7d315a100b00977671afd6513.jpeg)