Rila Monastery Nature Park Management Plan - part - usaid

February 2004
Appendix to
a Protocol dated May 7, 1992
BOUNDARIES OF GROUP MONUMENTS OF CULTURE,
COMPLEXES, BOUNDARIES OF THEIR SURROUNDING
PROTECTIVE AREAS AND REGIMES OF PROTECTION AND
USE
RILA HOLY MONASTERY
A. Proposed Boundaries
I. Boundaries of Group Monuments of Culture – Complexes
1. RILA MONASTERY COMPLEX:
South-western – from point 1. formed by the crossing of a perpendicular line from the
middle of the western wing with the Rilska river bank – as far as point 2., which is
100m from the middle of the western wing and 120m away from point 1.; northwestern,
passing at 40m along the northern wing – from point 2 to point 3, the
distance between which is 280m; north, following at 90m along the bend in the
northern wing – from point 3 to point 4, the distance between which is 90m, and from
item 4 along the forest line as far as point 5 which is 180m from the northern corner
of the eastern wing; north eastern, following along the eastern wing from point 5 to
point 6, the distance between which is 90m; south-eastern – along the Manastirska
river bank from point 6 to point 1.
2. BOUNDARIES OF THE ST. JOHN OF RILA’S GRAVE COMPLEX:
Western, north-western and south-eastern – along the respective outer contours of the
rock; south-eastern – along the property line of the lot connecting the north-eastern
and the south-western end points along the concave rock contour.
3. St. Luka Hermitage Complex:
According to the property lines indicated in the graphic appendix.
4. Pchelino Convent Complex:
According to the property lines indicated in the graphic appendix.
5. Orlitsa Convent Complex:
According to the property lines indicated in the graphic appendix.
II. Protective Area Boundaries
This area covers the strip on both sides of Rilska River and the pilgrim road from the
town of Rila to the Sospata Gorge (to the north-east of the Rila Monastery). The
width of the strip changes depending on the specific natural features and on the
cultural and historical sites. This zone has two parts: western – from the town of Rila
to Iliyna River, including certain forests and arable lands, and eastern – from Iliyna
River to the Sospata Gorge, entirely in the buffer zone of the Rila Monastery Forest
Nature Reserve (SG No. 34, dated April 29, 1986).
1. AREAS OF THE RILA MONASTERY FORESTRY ENTERPRISE BY SECTION AND
SUBSECTION (ACCORDING TO THE 1990 FOREST DEVELOPMENT PROJECT):
147 и, 3, 4; 134 д; 133 а, и, к, л, м, н, о, п, 1, 2, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20,
21, 22, 23; 132 и; 130 о; 129 г, д, е, 12, 13, 14; 127 и; 125 д, е; 124 е, 2, 3, 4; 123 д,
е, ж; 118 и, 8; 112 с, 6, 7; 111 г, е, ж; 110 е; 109 г, д, е; 99 л, м, н, 3, 4; 100 з, и, к,
3, 4, 5; 1 п, р, 3; 5 н, о, п, р, с, т 5; 6 д, е, с, 2, 7, 4, 5, 6; 12 к, 4; 13 г, д, е, ж, з, и, к,
л, м, н, т, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6; 14 с, т, у ф, х, ц, 4, 5, 6, 7, 12; 15 з, и, к, л м, н о, п, р, с, т, у,
ф, х, ц, 5, 6; 20 л, м, н, о; 21 з, и, л, н, о, п, р, с, ф, х, 8, 9, 10, 11; 22 ж, з, и, к, л, 4,
5, 6; 23 и, к, л, м, н, о, п, р, с, 4, 5; 36 а, б, в, г, д, ж, з, 1; 37 а, б, 5; 38 а, б, 1, 2; 39
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