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Aladzha Monastery (Bulgarian: Аладжа манастир) is a medieval Orthodox Christian cave monastery complex in northeastern Bulgaria, 17 km north of central Varna and 3 km west of Golden Sands beach resort, in a protected forest area adjacent to the Golden Sands Nature Park. The monastery caves were hewn into a 25-m high vertical karst cliff near the upper edge of the Franga plateau on several levels. The complex includes two small nearby catacombs. Dedicated to the Holy Trinity, it was an active hesychast monastic community of the Second Bulgarian Empire since the 12th century and perhaps survived until the early 18th century. Nearby, remains of a 5th-century cave monastery have been found. A cave monastery may have existed not far from the modern monastery Aladzha, near Varna. Its early dating to the fourth century is secured by fragments of glassware, but coins of Justinian indicate that the complex may have still been in use during the 500s.〔Florin Curta, ''The making of the slavs: history and archaeology of the Lower Danube Region'', Print Publication Year: 2001, Online Publication Date: July 2009, ISBN 978-0-511-49629-5 Hardback ISBN 978-0-521-80202-4 Paperback ISBN 978-0-521-03615-3〕 As late as the early 20th century, the forested hills surrounding the monastery and known as ''Hachuka'' (''Mount of the Cross'') or ''Latin'', were regarded by locals as sacred and inhabited by a mythical chthonic daemon treasure keeper, ''Imri Pop'' or ''Rim-Papa''.〔(ЕТНОКОНФЕСИОНАЛНИ РЕФЛЕКСИ В БЪЛГАРСКАТА ФОЛКЛОРНА ДЕМОНОЛОГИЯ )〕 Today, the grotto is a popular tourist destination. Its present name appeared in the late Ottoman period; ' (Turkish for ''motley'') referred to its colourful murals, now almost destroyed. Thematic light shows are being staged in the summer.〔http://www.bulgarianmonastery.com/bg/aladzha_monastery.html〕 ==Gallery== File:MozaiculdelaAladza06.jpg|Mosaic in Aladazha Monastery File:MozaiculdelaAladza03.jpg|Detail from a mosaic in Aladazha Monastery File:AladzaCatacombs Tombs.JPG|Stone tombs in Aladzha Monastery's catacombs File:Engel aus Kloster Aladscha.jpg|Medieval fresco in the monastery 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Aladzha Monastery」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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