The Nativity Church in Arbanasi

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Recorded inside the Church of the Nativity in Arbanasi, Bulgaria, by Piergiorgio Pescali

Arbanasi is an ancient village in central Bulgaria, renown for its civil and religious medieval buildings. The Church of the Nativity, dating from the fifteenth century, houses a series of extraordinary frescoes painted between 1632 and 1649. The frescos portray more than 2 thousand religious scenes.

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