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St. Nicholas Church in Vratsa

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Located in the city center, this church was built between 1865-1867. It is called metropolitan because inside is buried one of the metropolises of Vratsa. Inside it has beautiful frescoes and wonderful icons painted by Stanislav Dospevski from the Samokov School and Zhelyazkovi Kashev. The iconostasis is the work of a master from the Debar School, Anton Stanishev. It has the shape of a large basilica, with a three-storey bell tower, on the dome being painted Jesus Christ the Pantocrator, and on the pendants – the four evangelists.

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