"FRESCO-HUNTING" PHOTO EXPEDITION TO MEDIEVAL BALKAN CHURCHES - 2011, Bulgaria

The "FRESCO-HUNTING" project aims to support the documentation of medieval frescoes preserved in the churches and chapels in remote areas of Western Bulgaria. For the last four years the "Fresco-Hunting" Photo Expedition has upgraded the existing database of drawn and photographic records of nine churches and chapels in Western Bulgaria. The task of the expedition envisioned for 2012 is to enhance the database created during the previous seasons by documenting frescoes and their condition as well as collecting new data on history, architecture, artefacts and environment of the ecclesiastical buildings they belong to. The objective of all this is: the publication of a 'Corpus of Medieval Frescoes from Western Bulgaria' and development of further projects to support the sites in danger through conservation, restoration, development/improvement of the site's management and fund-raising.

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• Bulgaria
• Balkans
• Sofia
• Fresco
• Frescoes
• Frescos
• Photography
• Art
• Architecture
• medieval
• History
• Orthodox
• Wall-paintings
• fieldschool
• fieldwork
• Balkan
• Heritage
• Culture
• Field
• School
• Excavations
• Project
• church
• chapel
• Church (building)
• Documentary
• christianity
• Museum