The Iskretzki Monastery is hugged at the foot of the Western Stara Planina Mountains. It is a bit far away from the main road for the gorge of the Iskar River. The monastery remains isolated from the world during the Ottoman yoke. Nevertheless, significant works of art have been created here. The church has no external decoration, according to the Turkish requirements, but has interesting murals from two periods - XVII and XIX c. The older scenes of the murals are with many figures and dynamics, with harsh and impetuous movements with memorable expressive gestures. The colour scheme is of five basic colours: white, black, red, green and gold-ochre. During XIX c. here have been depicted scenes with a didactic-punishing character. The inclusion of such scenes, typical for that time, is explained with the common moralizing spirit of the Enlightenment. The artist's style creates a concept of the world, naturalness and light humour. More about 'Bulgarian monasteries' : Aladzha monastery The monastery "Saint Forty Martyrs" The patriarch's monastery "Sveta Troitza" (Holy Trinity) The Preobrazhenie monastery The monastery "Saint Nikola" The monastery "Uspenie Bogorodichno" (The Assumption) The Kilifarevo monastery "Saint Dimiter" The Kapinovo monastery "Saint Nikolay Chudotvoretz" The Plakovo Monastery "Saint Iliya" The rocky monasteries by the village of Ivanovo The Batoshevo Monastery The Dryanovo Monastery "Saint Archangel Michael" The Sokolovo monastery The Troyan monastery "Uspenie Bogorodichno" (The Assumption) The Teteven monastery "Saint Iliya" The Glozhen monastery "Saint Georgi" The Etropole monastery "Holy Trinity" The Karlukovo monastery The Strupetzki monastery "Saint Prophet Iliya" The Cherepishki monastrey The Bistritza monastery "Saint Yoan Bogoslov" The Chiprovtzi monastery "Saint Ivan Rilski" The Lopushanovo monastery The Rakovitza monastery "Sveta Troitza" (Holy Trinity) The Kremikovtzi monastery "Saint Georgi" The Seslavtzi monastery "Saint Nikolai Mirakliyski" The Eleshinski monastery "Virgin Mary" The Lozen monastery "Saint Spas" The Dolni Pasarel monastery The Dragalevtzi monastery "Virgin Mary" The Malamovo monastery The Razboishki monastery "Vavedenie Bogorodichno" The Nedelishte monastery The Bilinski monastery The Mislovishitzki monastery The Iliyanski monastery The Trun monastery "Saint Archangel Michael" The Kurilovo monastery The "Seven Thrones" monastery or the Osenovlashki monastery The Sopot monastery The Kazanluk monastery "Vurgin Mary" The Alino monastery "Saint Spas" The nunnery "Pokrov Presvetaya Bogoroditza" The Zemen monastery "Saint Joan Bogoslov" The Peshtera monastery "Saint Nikolay" The Boboshevo monastery "Saint Dimiter" The Baktunovo monastery "Saint Peter and Pavel" The Rozhen monastery "Virgin Mary's Birth" The Rila monastery The Bachkovo monastery "Saint Bogoroditza Petrichka" The monastery "Saint Kozma and Damyan" The Gorni Voden monastery "Saint Kirik and Julita" The monastery "Saint Petka Muldavska" The monastery "Saint Nedelya" The Ustrem monastery "Saint Troitza" (Holy Trinity)