In English:The Plakovo monastery, named after St Prophet
Iliya, is to be found close to the village of Plakovo, about 18km
to the south of Veliko Turnovo.
The Plakovo monastery was founded during the times of the Second
Bulgarian State, and similarly to most other monasteries dating
back to this period, was destroyed with the subjection of Bulgaria
under Ottoman rule. It was not reconstructed before 1450, but only
to be repeatedly set on fire and raided afterwards. In 1835, the
monastery hosted the famous Velcho’s Plot, with one of the
leaders of anti-Ottoman plot being the ex-abbot of the monastery,
Father Sergey. Following the Turks’ suppression of the plot,
the monastery was again ruined.
At present, the monastery complex consists of a church,
residential and farm buildings. The present-day church was rebuilt
in 1845 and is a rare representative of the Bulgarian orthodox
architecture of the so-called Athos type, typical of the Second
Bulgarian State.
The church keeps a valuable icon of Jesus Christ and the 12
Apostles, painted by Zahari Zograf (1845). This is not the only
icon of Zahari Zograf that the monastery shelters. In addition, it
also preserves old manuscripts and religious books. The residential
buildings as well as the majestic 26-meter belltower, rising above
the western residential building of the monastery, represent other
sights of visitors’ interest. Both were built by a famous
local master, Kolyo Ficheto (1856). The monastery, which is
functioning as an orthodox cloister, is declared a monument of
national culture.
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In Bulgarian: Plakovskiyat manastir “Sv. Prorok
Ilia” se namira blizo do selo Plakovo, na 18km. yuzhno ot
Veliko Tarnovo. Zaradi blizostta mezhdu Plakovskia i Kapinovskia
manastir, razstoyanieto mezhdu koito e samo 2km., dvete obiteli
bivat narichani manastiri-bliznatsi.
Manastirat e osnovan po vremeto na Vtorata balgarska darzhava, i
kato povecheto manastiri ot tozi period, e razrushen pri padaneto
na Bulgaria pod tursko robstvo. Vazobnoven e prez 1450g., no
po-kasno e mnogokratno opozharyavan i razgrabvan. Prez 1835g. v
manastira se organizira izvestnata Velchovata zavera, edin ot
vodachite na koyato e bivsh igumen na manastira, Otets Sergiy. Sled
potushavaneto na zaverata manastirat otnovo e razrushen.
Manastirskiyat kompleks se sastoi ot cherkva, zhilishtni i
stopanski sgradi. Segashnata manastirska tsarkva e sagradena nanovo
prez 1845g. i e ryadak predstavitel na balgarskata pravoslavna
arhitektura ot t.nar. "atonski tip", harakteren za Vtorata
balgarska darzhava. Tsarkvata e ednokorabna, prodalgovata, s tri
visoki apsidi i s 6 masivni tsilindrichni koloni s kapiteli, a
zapadnata y strana e otkrita narktika. Nad vhodnata vrata pod
otkritata narktika e narisuvan edinstvenia stenopis s ktitorski
nadpisi. V tsarkvata se pazi tsenna ikona na Hristos i 12-te
apostola, delo na Zahari Zograf (1845g.). V manastira se pazyat i
drugi ikoni ot Zahari Zograf, kakto i stari rakopisi i
staropechatni knigi. Interes predstavlyavat i zhilishtnite sgradi i
velichestvenata 26-metrova kambanaria, izdigashta se nad zapadnata
manastirska zhilishtna sgrada. I dvete sa stroeni ot maystor Kolyu
Ficheto (1856g.). Ponastoyashtem manastirat, koyto e postoyanno
deystvasht, e obyaven za pametnik na natsionalnata kultura.
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