Description
Category
Heritage
Type of protection
Architectural and artistic cultural monument of national importance
Present use
Tourism, an object of cultural and historical heritage
Past use
Religeous object
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The church "St. Todor” near the town of Boboshevo, better known as“ St. Todor ”is medieval, built between the 12th and 14th centuries according to various opinions. It is located 2 km. north of the city. The church is in poor condition. In 1962, it was packed with timber to support it until restoration began. In 2010, the scaffolding was removed, restored and covered again with a wooden dome. Since 1972 the church has been an architectural and artistic cultural monument of national importance.
The church "St. Todor” and cross-domed, as the dome is placed on a cylinder, illuminated on four sides through windows. It is built of stone, and the arches and the dome - of bricks. Two layers of frescoes have been preserved - from the XIII-XIV and from the XVII century, and the second layer is considered especially valuable, probably the work of a painter from the Kostur School of Painting. The decorative program is traditional for a cross-domed church with bright colors.