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Church of the Holy Trinity, Svishtov

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church features a central dome and an elongated 30 m-long body with thin and high columns supporting the naves, as well as three smaller domes. The design of the
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on 4 March 1977, but was subsequently restored. Today, the church with its iconostasis is a cultural monument of national importance.
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is particularly remarkable. Fichev notably broke the Orthodox architectural canon by making the whole east façade a giant
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A work of the best-known Bulgarian architect of the period,
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The Church of the Holy Trinity suffered damage from an
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Buildings and structures in Veliko Tarnovo Province
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Svishtov
Bulgarian National Revival
Nikola Fichev
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iconostasis
Debar
Nikolai Pavlovich
bell tower
Baroque architecture
Bulgarian Exarch
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Tarnovo
Ilarion Makariopolski
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