Sovolyano

Sovolyano Соволяно
Village
In front of a sculpture in Sovolyano
Sovolyano
Coordinates: 42°19′51″N22°39′37″E / 42.3308°N 22.6603°E / 42.3308; 22.6603
Country	Bulgaria
Province	Kyustendil Province
Municipality	Kyustendil
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)

Sovolyano is a village in Kyustendil Municipality, Kyustendil Province, south-western Bulgaria. ^[1]

St. Theodore Tiron Church, located in the center of the village, is from the period of the Bulgarian Revival. Built in 1834 on the foundations of an older temple. It is a single-nave, single-apse building, dug into the ground on three steps. ^[2]

St. Athanasius Church is located in the northern end of the village, on the left of the road to the village of Dragovishtitsa. Built in 1885. It is partially frescoed, a carved iconostasis and icons were installed in 1897. ^[3]

Gallery

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  Church of Saint Theodore of Amasea
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  Church of Saint Athanasius
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  Country house

References

1. Guide Bulgaria, Accessed Dec 27, 2014
2. Енциклопедичен речник Кюстендил (А - Я)[Encyclopedic Dictionary Kyustendil (A-Z)] (in Bulgarian). София: Българска академия на науките. 1988. pp. 10, 605. ISBN   954-90993-1-8.
3. Енциклопедичен речник Кюстендил (А - Я)[Encyclopedic Dictionary Kyustendil (A-Z)] (in Bulgarian). София: Българска академия на науките. 1988. p. 605. ISBN   954-90993-1-8.