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At the middle of the courtyard you find a kiosk where you can buy all kinds of site-related touristic memorabilia /souvenirs for religious people; such as little iron plates of icons, crosses etc. Also there is at the Samokov gate a stall selling booklets in English about the monastery (5 lv)
Updated Dec 21, 2005
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Located at the base of the Hreljo Tower ,the icon and souvenirs shop offers a great variety of authentic bulgarian art and crafts. Aside of the beautiful Orthodox Icons , you can buy here traditional bulgarian costumes, dishes with the print of the monastery and all kinds of other things ,depending on how much money you wanna spend.
Written Oct 17, 2005
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