Sovolyano

Sovolyano
Соволяно
Village
In front of a sculpture in Sovolyano
Sovolyano
Coordinates: 42°19′51″N 22°39′37″E / 42.3308°N 22.6603°E / 42.3308; 22.6603
Country Bulgaria
ProvinceKyustendil Province
MunicipalityKyustendil
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Sovolyano is a village in Kyustendil Municipality, Kyustendil Province, south-western Bulgaria.[1]

St. Theodore Tiron Church, located in the center of the village, is from the period of the Bulgarian Revival. Built in 1834 on the foundations of an older temple. It is a single-nave, single-apse building, dug into the ground on three steps.[2]

St. Athanasius Church is located in the northern end of the village, on the left of the road to the village of Dragovishtitsa. Built in 1885. It is partially frescoed, a carved iconostasis and icons were installed in 1897.[3]

References

  1. ^ Guide Bulgaria, Accessed Dec 27, 2014
  2. ^ Енциклопедичен речник Кюстендил (А - Я) [Encyclopedic Dictionary Kyustendil (A-Z)] (in Bulgarian). София: Българска академия на науките. 1988. pp. 10, 605. ISBN 954-90993-1-8.
  3. ^ Енциклопедичен речник Кюстендил (А - Я) [Encyclopedic Dictionary Kyustendil (A-Z)] (in Bulgarian). София: Българска академия на науките. 1988. p. 605. ISBN 954-90993-1-8.