Plakovo monastery in Bulgaria
The Plakovo monastery was founded during the times of the Second Bulgarian State.Like most monasteries it was destroyed with the subjection of Bulgaria under Ottoman rule. 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.This is part of the story we were told by the guide in the monastery which is one of the Places to go in Bulgaria.It consists of a church, residential and farm buildings.The church is a rare representative of the Bulgarian orthodox architecture of the so-called Athos type, typical of the Second Bulgarian State. The oblong church has a single nave, three high apses and six massive cylindrical columns with capitals. The western part is an open narthex.
