Rila Monastery
A World Heritage Site in Bulgaria, inscribed in 1983 as a Cultural Site. This page summarises the key facts: inscription year, category and location.
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Key facts
- Country
- Bulgaria
- Region
- Europe and North America
- Inscribed
- 1983
- Category
- Cultural Site
- Criteria
- —
- Property area
- approx. 10.7 ha
- Component parts
- 5
- Coordinates
- 42.1333, 23.3402
- UNESCO ID
- 216
Source: factual data from UNESCO DataHub (whc001 / CC BY-SA 4.0). This site uses only factual information such as names, countries, inscription years and categories. No official UNESCO/WHC descriptions, photographs or logos are used.
Names in other languages
- French
- Monastère de Rila
- Spanish
- Monasterio de Rila
- Chinese
- 里拉修道院
Other World Heritage Sites in Bulgaria
- Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe (2007)
- Ancient City of Nessebar (1983)
- Boyana Church (1979)
- Madara Rider (1979)
- Pirin National Park (1983)
- Rock-Hewn Churches of Ivanovo (1979)
- Srebarna Nature Reserve (1983)
- Thracian Tomb of Kazanlak (1979)
- Thracian Tomb of Sveshtari (1985)
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