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Patleyna monastery (9th century)

Bulgaria · built 900

The Patleina Monastery of Saint Pantaleon („ “) is a ruined Bulgarian Orthodox monastery. It is an archaeological site situated at the outskirts of the capital of the First Bulgarian Empire, Preslav. At its heyday in the 9th and 10th centuries, the monastery was among the leading centres of the Preslav Literary School, as well as one of the most prominent centres of production of painted decorative ceramics.

Monastery data from Wikidata (CC0). Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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