Church of St Demetrius

#112 among destinations in Bulgaria

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The Church of St Demetrius is a medieval Eastern Orthodox church in southwestern Bulgaria. It lies in the village of Patalenitsa, administratively part of Pazardzhik Municipality within Pazardzhik Province. The church was built in the 11th–14th century, with a possible dating to 1091 based on a stone plate inscription, the present location or even existence of which is unclear. Its frescoes, discovered in 1961 and restored in the 1970s, are a work of the 12th–13th century. ()

Local name: Свети ДимитърCoordinates: 42°7'14"N, 24°12'2"E

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PazardzhikBulgaria

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Church of St Demetrius – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Dorkovo Museum, Tsepina.

6.3 miSW
Specialty museum, Museum
Dorkovo Museum
162 min walk • Dorkovo Museum in Dorkovo, Bulgaria, established in 2013 in a domed wooden structure, has a display of fossils collected from the Pliocene geological epoch of about five million years ago around the village of Dorkovo, a life-size model of a gomphothere, related to elephants, and a diorama.
4.6 miSW
Forts and castles
Tsepina
118 min walk • Tsepina or Tzepaina was a castle and town in the western Rhodope mountains, southern Bulgaria, now in ruins. It is 6 kilometres from the Dorkovo village in the north-eastern part of the Chepino Valley. Tsepina is 317 metres above sea level.