Troyan Monastery, Bulgaria

- Troyan Monastery (every day). has printing. - Natural Sciences Museum Cherni Osam (rab. time 9:00 to 17:00).      has printing.     Troyan Monastery "The Assumption" is located 10 km. southeast of the town of Troyan, in the northern parts of Troyan. E it the third-largest in Bulgaria after Rila Monastery and Bachkovo. It is assumed that the monastery was founded around 1600 in the Renaissance it was a center of literature and sponsorship for the issuance of a number of books. Today, the monastery has retained many of proizvedeniya church painting, various works of applied arts and crafts, including silver plate of the gospel magnificent chalice, a silver reliquary with gold and precious stones, the miraculous icon "Virgin Mary Trieruchitsa."      Village of Cherni Osam is situated on both banks of the Cherni Osam River, at the foot of Mount Large Purchased, 2 km from the Troyan Monastery. The Natural Science Museum was founded by a local biology teacher. It holds a large collection of representatives of the local fauna - over 1200 species of birds, mammals, amphibians, reptiles and insects. Here visitors can hear the song of the nightingale, the roar of a bear or a wolf.Pretty impressive is not only for children but also for adults to see animals in their true size of only one hand. I love the collections of butterflies.