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18-647: Perlovska springs from the villa zone of Dragalevtsi just south of the capital at an altitude of 820 m, crosses the Sofia Ring Road , connects the new neighborhoods, parallel to Bulgaria Boulevard , and then crosses the South Park. Under the Bulgaria Boulevard, the river receives its main tributary, the Boyanska reka , and resurfaces at Evlogi and Hristo Georgievi Boulevard . From there

36-483: A repository of Bulgarian cultural records. In 1612, while staying at Dragalevtsi Monastery, the monk Job Kasinets from Timișoara wrote the Boyana Beadroll, a list of medieval Bulgarian rulers. The document shows the extent to which medieval rulers were remembered in 17th-century Bulgarian lands. Other manuscripts completed in this period at the monastery's scriptorium include Priest Nicholas' Gospel of 1469,

54-874: Is currently inhabited by nuns. The monastery church, eponymously known as the Church of the Holy Mother of God, measures 12 by 5 metres (39 ft × 16 ft). It has a single apse and a single nave . Architecturally, it shares many features with other contemporary churches in the Sofia region, including the Church of St Petka of the Saddlers in the city and the church of the Kremikovtsi Monastery . Mural portraits of Radoslav Mavar and his immediate family as church donors ( ktetors ) were painted on

72-427: Is declining, despite the lack of sewerage infrastructure. There is one public school in the neighborhood, 50 "Vasil Levski" primary school at 1 Bella Donna Street, and one private school with English language studies "St. George". The health service is located at 5 - 7 Han Krum Street, there are also many private kindergartens. The neighborhood has a town hall and post office. The proximity to Vitosha Mountain and one of

90-475: Is located at the foot of Vitosha Mountain . It is part of the administrative district "Vitosha" of Sofia Municipality . Dragalevtsi is an affluent quarter built up with luxurious one-family country houses, villas, and hotels. Its proximity to the city center (7 km) and Vitosha Mountain, the excellent panorama and communications makes it extremely attractive for living, preferred by the business elite and people with high social status. Originated centuries ago, over

108-480: The Dragalevtsi Gospel of 1534 and a psalter finished in 1598. Today only the monastery church survives from what was a significantly more extensive complex of buildings in the 15th century. The church was expanded in 1818 and 1932. In the late 19th century, Dragalevtsi Monastery was often visited by national hero Vasil Levski , who used it as a centre for his revolutionary activities. The monastery

126-399: The Holy Mother of God of Vitosha ( Bulgarian : Драгалевски манастир „Света Богородица Витошка“ , Dragalevski manastir „Sveta Bogoroditsa Vitoshka“ ) is a Bulgarian Orthodox monastery on the lower slopes of Vitosha mountain on the outskirts of the capital Sofia in western Bulgaria . Founded in the mid-14th century by Bulgarian tsar Ivan Alexander , the monastery was abandoned after

144-560: The Ottoman conquest of Sofia and reestablished in the late 15th century, when it became an important literary centre. The monastery church and some of its frescoes date from this period. Located 3 kilometres (1.9 miles) south of the capital Sofia 's neighbourhood of Dragalevtsi , Dragalevtsi Monastery was established by Tsar Ivan Alexander (r. 1331–1371) in 1345 at the time of the Second Bulgarian Empire . The monastery

162-724: The Perlovska becomes a canal. In the city the course of the river is completely corrected, in places underground. It flows to the left into the Iskar at 513 m above sea level, 1.2 km northeast of the Obradovski Monastery. Its drainage basin covers a territory of 257 km or 3.0% of the catchment area of the Iskar. The largest tributary is the Vladayska reka (left). The river has high water in April–June, due to

180-604: The capital. The most famous landmark on the river is the Eagles' Bridge , the starting point of Sofia's largest boulevard, Tsarigradsko shose . The Perlovska is often referred to by the locals as "The Canal", which is reflected in derivative names such as the Small City Theater "Behind the Canal". Dragalevtsi Dragalevtsi ( Bulgarian : Драгалевци [drɐɡɐˈlɛft͜si] ) is a neighborhood of Sofia , which

198-658: The center of Dragalevtsi show the way the Apostle walked, in the footsteps of Vasil Levski passed many groups of students and other tourists who can testify that this path exists. Until 1961 Dragalevtsi was a separate settlement. At the outbreak of the Balkan War in 1912, one person from the village was a volunteer in the Macedonian-Adrianopolitan Volunteer Corps . The neighborhood is built primarily with normal country houses or in

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216-426: The inside of the monastery church. In addition to these, other 15th-century frescoes also survive, alongside 16th- and 17th-century paintings. The frescoes of warrior saints Demetrius of Thessaloniki , George and Mercurius on the upper reaches of the west facade date to 1475–1476. The saints are clad in realistically painted full knight 's armour of the period, with Demetrius and Mercurius wearing spurs . One of

234-462: The lower part with luxury villas with spacious yards, single-family homes and small family hotels. The trends for construction in the area are aimed at the construction of complexes of houses with controlled access. There are already built in the area, and others are still under construction. Property prices in the Dragalevtsi district maintain some of the highest levels in the capital. Vacant land

252-547: The most popular monasteries in the area - Dragalevtsi Monastery , make the place preferred for a walk on the weekends. There are many good restaurants and several hotels in the area. Nearby is the monastery "St. Bogoroditsa", built in the 13th century. A two-seater cable car has been built in the Dragalevtsi neighborhood, which connects the neighborhood with the ski slopes of Vitosha. 42°38′N 23°19′E  /  42.633°N 23.317°E  / 42.633; 23.317 Dragalevtsi Monastery Dragalevtsi Monastery of

270-438: The personal name Dragol or Dragal. Remains of a late antique church with fragments of relief decoration have been found in the neighborhood, which has not been studied in detail. The origin of the name Dragalevtsi is not completely clear. Another thing that the residents of Dragalevtsi considered necessary to do is to name their school after the Apostle, now in the center of Dragalevtsi rises the 50th school "Vasil Levski". Signs in

288-664: The snowmelt in Vitosha, and low water in August–October. The Geographic Dictionary of Bulgaria and the maps of the Geographic Information System – Sofia accept the Boyanska reka, which takes its source at an altitude of 2,170 m, as part of Perlovaska and as its main stem. The Perlovska is one of the several small rivers that flow through Sofia. It forms the northern border of Lozenets District of

306-564: The years it has become an expensive villa area of the capital. "Dragalevtsi" is located at the foot of the mountain, between Simeonovo and Boyana near the Sofia Ring Road . Dragalevtsi, then a village, was first mentioned in a Bulgarian source in the Zograf Screed of 1527 as ДРАГАЛЄВ(Ц) , with a reference to the monastery as МОНА ДРАГАЛЄВСКИ. It had been listed in Ottoman tax registers of 1420 as Diragulevça . Its name stems from

324-596: Was first mentioned in the Vitosha Charter issued before 1382 by Tsar Ivan Shishman (r. 1371–1395). The charter granted lands and tax exemptions to Dragalevtsi Monastery, including ownership of the village of Novachene . After Sofia fell to the Ottomans in 1382, the monastery was disbanded and its buildings destroyed. It was rebuilt in the second half of the 15th century with the financial support of local feudal lord Radoslav Mavar and rapidly developed into

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