There are a lot of beeches around a Glozhene monastery. The monastery is near to Glojene village and the river Vit. It is one of the oldest monasteries, but looks like a castle. The monastery is not big. The content is about church and room. Under the monastery have three stones which is made many difficult and beautifully monastery-castle. 
According to the legend, the monastery was built in the 13th century when Ukrainian knyaz Georgi Glozh settled in the area. He helped the Bulgarian King to win a battle against the Byzantine Empire. The knyaz founded a monastery carrying the name of St. George, whose icon he had brought with himself. The icon then disappeared numerous times only to be found on a hill. Once it was found in a beech tree not far from the village.
The monastery was visited by our national hero Vasil Levski. He hid in tunnel of the monastery because the priest was his friend.
(The Bulgarian team)
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