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St. Trinity Ossuary Church /Church Monument with Mausoleum, Bulgaria, Kyustendil
The Church building was launched on the 2nd of August 1925 and lasted for 5 years. The building works were managed by architect Rudolf Fischer. The Ossuary Church consists of 2 parts, upper and lower. The upper one has two floors. There are frescoes of saints warriors pictured on the church’s walls – St. Demetrious of Thessaloniki, St George, St. Theodore Stratelates, St. Archangel Michael and others. Their painters are Dimiter Gyudzhenov, Dechko Mindov, Prof. Nikola Kozhuharov, Prof. Georgi Hristov. The iconostasis’ woodcarving is a work by Radomir Mandov, Vladimir Naumov and sculptor Stefan Stoyanov. The terrain’s relief allowed the architect to build a ground floor where the ossuary is situated. Inside the church there is a plague with an inscription “Built during the Reign of His Majesty Boris III – Tsar of Bulgarians”.
The Church-Monument was officially sanctified on August 3rd, 1930 by Sofia Bishop Stephan in Minister of War General Mayor Nikola Bakardzhiev, the Mayor of Kyustendil and representatives of the Holy Synod presence.
Bulgaria, Gyueshevo
Type of WWI-heritage
- Non-Military Site of World War One Relevance
Dimensions
160 m2
State of repair/preservation
Good condition, well preserved. The last repair works were done in 2017 financed by the Ministry of Defense of Bulgaria
Historical WWI Context
During the Second Balkan War and the First World War (1915-1918) lots of Bulgarian soldiers and officers perished in the battles nearby the village of Gyueshevo. The church monument was built to immortalize them and to keep their remains. An ossuary was inbuilt under the church altar. The remains of 18 officers and 1491 soldiers died for the Bulgarian unification are buried in it.
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State of legal protection
Architectural monument of Local Significance category
Owner
Kind of cultural use of WWI
The St. Trinity Ossuary Church is a part of military cultural touristic route in the region of Kyustendil along with other sites situated in the town of Kyustendil: The 13th Rila Infantry Regiment Monument, the Military Club, the First World War General Staff’s Building (today the Kyustendil Municipality Hall), the First World War Bunker.
Opening
Upon request with the village of Gyueshevo mayor
Entrance Fee
No entrance fees.
Information regarding cities, villages, other touristic attractions (non-WWI) nearby
Accomodation
Public Transport
Further information sources
Манев, Владимир. Гюешево – кратка история. 2004 г.
Манев, Владимир. Гюешево, 1973 г.
Дремсизова-Нелчинова, Цв. и Слокоска, Л. – „Археологически паметници от Кюстендилски окръг“, София, 1978 г.
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Other heritage sites nearby
- Memorial Monument of Eighth Infantry Sea Regiment in Varna, Bulgaria
- A Soldiers’ Monument at Old Cemetery Varna, Bulgaria
- Military Cemetery in Dobrich, Bulgaria
- Tutrakan Military Cemetery, Tutrakan, Bulgaria
- A Monument of Colonel Petar Dimkov in Varna City, Bulgaria
- Monument of the Border Guard in the Sea Garden of Varna City, Bulgaria
- Monument to German submarine sailors in Varna, Bulgaria
- Memorial Monument of Eighth Infantry Sea Regiment in Varna, Bulgaria
- Monument of the Bulgarian Coastal Artillery, Bulgaria
- Memorial park-garden, Bulgaria
- Soldier cemetery in Silistra, Bulgaria
- Memorial Monument, Dobrich, Bulgaria
- The Memorial Wall with a bas-relief of Rear Admiral Ivan Variclechkov in Varna, Bulgaria
- The Monument to the Fallen Warriors in Aksakovo, Varna Region, Bulgaria
- WWI related monument, Alfatar
- Monument to General Ivan Kolev, Dobrich, Bulgaria
- The monument to General Stefan Toshev, General Toshevo, Bulgaria
- The memorial of 6th Bdin Division, Bulgaria
- Colonel Anton Dyakov soldiers' monument in Topchii, Bulgaria
- Naval Museum in Varna, Bulgaria
- Monument of Colonel Milko Zhelezov in Varna, Bulgaria
- Soldier's Monument in Valchi Dol, Varna Region, Bulgaria
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St. Trinity Ossuary Church /Church Monument with Mausoleum, Bulgaria, Kyustendil
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