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Icon Gallery

Icon Gallery
On display are the best examples of icons wealth funds from the gallery's collection of Plovdiv Bishopric, representing the Eastern Christian art from the Plovdiv region and throughout South Bulgaria by the end of the fifteenth century to the late nineteenth century. Extremely valuable are eight icons from Nessebar - works of masters from the Post-Byzantine Cretan School. Seventeenth century is also presented with a number of icons from Rakitovo. The path of Bulgarian pilgrims who visited the holy places like Jerusalem, Sinai Monastery St. Catherine and the Holy Mountain Athon can be followed by the Eruslimii and the church plate presented. Thematic exhibitions are temporarily displayed, presenting various aspects of symbolic of the Christian art.

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  • address22 Saborna Str., The Old Town, Plovdiv 4000
  • emailghgpl1952@gmail.com
  • moreInfoVisit website
  • openingHoursMonday - Friday: 09:00 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.; Saturday - Sunday: 10:00 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.
  • phone+359 32 626086
  • ticketsIndividual: 4 BGN; Combined ticket for all the expositions: 8 BGN;
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