Dragalevtsi Monastery

Dragalevtsi Monastery of the Holy Mother of God of Vitosha

The yard of Dragalevtsi Monastery
Monastery information
Order	Eastern Orthodox
Established	1345
People
Founder(s)	Emperor Ivan Alexander of Bulgaria
Site
Location	Vitosha Mountain, Bulgaria

Dragalevtsi Monastery of the Holy Mother of God of Vitosha (Bulgarian: Драгалевски манастир „Света Богородица Витошка“, Dragalevski manastir „Sveta Bogoroditsa Vitoshka“) is a Bulgarian Orthodox monastery on the lower slopes of Vitosha mountain on the outskirts of the capital Sofia in western Bulgaria. Founded in the mid-14th century by Bulgarian tsar Ivan Alexander, the monastery was abandoned after the Ottoman conquest of Sofia and reestablished in the late 15th century, when it became an important literary centre. The monastery church and some of its frescoes date from this period.