St. Peter church and 2 obrotsi (holly places)

Description

Category Heritage
Ownership Bulgarian Orthodox Church
Type of protection Immovable cultural property of national importance
Present use cultural site, tourism
Past use religious site
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The Church of St Peter is a small medieval Orthodox church in the village of Berende in Dragoman Municipality. It was constructed and decorated in the 14th century. The church is a small and simple rectangular single-nave building constructed out of crushed stone. It is accessible via an entrance on its west wall. The wooden door is 2 m high and is topped by a shallow semicircular niche. Apart from that niche, the only other decorative feature of its architecture are the narrow windows placed on the apse and the south wall. The apse is semicircular and attached to the church's east side. The church features a semicircular vault and its gabled roof is made of stone slates. The entirety of the church's interior is covered with 14th-century frescoes, described as ""particularly remarkable"".