The exhibition”Wonderful icons and sacred relics of the Balkans”, is opened by the Embassy of the Republic of Bulgaria in Tirana in cooperation with the Museum Center of Berati.

The opening ceremony of the exhibition was also attended by the Ambassador of Bulgaria to our country, Momchil Raytchevski, local government leaders, Bulgarian journalists, art lovers, citizens, etc.

This exhibition presents several historical periods and places such as: Post Byzantine period, Bulgarian Middle Ages, Mount Athos, Bulgarian monasteries and sacred relics in the Balkan countries.

The director of the National Museum Center in Berat, Agron Polovina stated that “the exhibited photos are part of the fund from the Archive of the Center for Slavic-Byzantine Studies” Prof. “Ivan Duicev” at the “Kliment Ohridski”University of Sofia , as well as from the”Rila, Trojan and Bigorski”monasteries.

According to him, the opening of the exhibition was part of the promotion of relations, cultural values ​​and heritage between our two countries. Polovina says that during these days the exhibition has been visited by a large number of tourists.

/Klara Ruci/