Boyana Church

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medieval Bulgarian Orthodox church

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.

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
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 NERFINISHED →
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 Municipality →
numberOfFrescoScenes	approximately 240 →
paintingTechnique	fresco →
partOf	medieval Bulgarian cultural heritage →
region	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 →
UNESCOWorldHeritageSite	true →
visitorAttraction	major tourist site near Sofia →

Referenced by (3)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Sofia →	hasLandmark
Boyana Church →	UNESCOSiteName
Bulgaria →	UNESCOWorldHeritageSite