Boyana Church

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Boyana Church is a medieval Bulgarian Orthodox church near Sofia renowned for its remarkably well-preserved 13th-century frescoes, considered masterpieces of Eastern European medieval art.

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instanceOf medieval Bulgarian Orthodox church
architecturalType cross-in-square church
artStyle medieval Eastern Orthodox fresco painting
builderOrPatron Dessislava
Sebastocrator Kaloyan
constructionStartCentury 10th century
continent Europe
country Bulgaria
culturalPeriod Second Bulgarian Empire
denomination Bulgarian Orthodox Church
earliestPartDate late 10th century
frescoLayerCount three
hasComponent 13th-century two-storey addition
19th-century narthex
oldest eastern church
hasDepictionOf Bulgarian Tsar Constantine Tikh Asen
Sebastocrator Kaloyan and his wife Dessislava
Tsaritsa Irina
heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site
heritageStatus national cultural monument of Bulgaria
knownFor Eastern European medieval art masterpieces
well-preserved 13th-century frescoes
locatedIn Boyana, Sofia
locatedNear Sofia
mainFrescoesDate 1259
majorReconstructionCentury 13th century
material stone
municipality Sofia
surface form: Sofia Municipality
numberOfFrescoScenes approximately 240
paintingTechnique fresco
partOf medieval Bulgarian cultural heritage
region Sofia Province
surface form: Sofia City Province
religion Eastern Orthodox Christianity
roofType tiled roof
subjectMatter New Testament scenes
Old Testament scenes
donor portraits
portraits of saints
UNESCOCriterion (ii)
(iii)
(vi)
UNESCOInscriptionYear 1979
UNESCORegion Europe and North America
UNESCOSiteCategory Cultural
UNESCOSiteId 42
UNESCOSiteName Boyana Church self-link
UNESCOWorldHeritageSite true
visitorAttraction major tourist site near Sofia

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Bulgaria UNESCOWorldHeritageSite Boyana Church
Sofia hasLandmark Boyana Church
Boyana Church UNESCOSiteName Boyana Church self-link
Boyana, Sofia hasLandmark Boyana Church
Dessislava associatedWith Boyana Church
Dessislava depictedIn Boyana Church
this entity surface form: frescoes of Boyana Church
Sebastocrator Kaloyan and his wife Dessislava depictedIn Boyana Church
this entity surface form: Boyana Church frescoes
Sebastocrator Kaloyan and his wife Dessislava location Boyana Church
subject surface form: Boyana Church frescoes
Boyana Residence locatedNear Boyana Church