{"id":3212,"date":"2023-08-22T10:42:52","date_gmt":"2023-08-22T10:42:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wansait.com\/tranzit\/?p=3212"},"modified":"2023-08-22T10:42:52","modified_gmt":"2023-08-22T10:42:52","slug":"hidden-treasures-of-world-heritage-the-cave-churches-from-dobrogea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wansait.com\/tranzit\/blog\/hidden-treasures-of-world-heritage-the-cave-churches-from-dobrogea\/","title":{"rendered":"Hidden treasures of world heritage: The Cave Churches from Dobrogea"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Location: East-Europe, Romania, Dobrogea region. The Cave Churches of Basarabi (Murfatlar)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Description:\u00a0Basarabi\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0(or Murfatlar, Constan\u021ba county).\u00a0In the southern edge of the commune, the spectacular vestiges of a quarry and monastic settlement with several small churches dug in the chalk, dating from the 10th-12th centuries.\u00a0(see the list\u00a0of the main archaeological sites in Romania<\/a>\u00a0)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The ensemble of rock monasteries was preserved and restored through a European project from 2012, entitled “The Mystery of the Chalk Hill – The Rock Churches of Basarabi (Murfatlar)”. The complex also benefited from AFCN funding – the heritage component.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to The History and Archeology Museum from Constan\u021ba, the owner of the complex from Basarabi:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The monastic complex from Murfatlar-Basarabi is part of the “horizon of rock monastic settlements”, defined by a suite of complexes dug into the rock (or chalk), all located in the south of historical Dobrogea. The monastic refuges – the caves from Casian, Cheia – “la Izvor”, Limanu, the quarry from Aliman and possibly the one from Cernavod\u0103, the ensembles from: Dumbr\u0103veni, Kanaghiol – Silistra, Suha-Reka, from the area of \u200b\u200bCaliacrei and Varna have were used in the same period as the Murfatlar-Basarabi settlement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Murfatlar-Basarabi cave complex is arranged on three levels or terraces, corresponding to three stages of activity that followed each other in time quite quickly: the highest terrace represented by the entrance to the B 1 church and by the E 3 and E churches 5, funerary galleries G 1-5; the middle terrace is marked by the entrance to the B 3 church with the respective annexes and most of the graves, and the lower terrace by the entrance to the B 4 church.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

see on wiki: https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Murfatlar_Cave_Complex<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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