Kapinovski manastir (Kapinovo monastery)
view of entry stair from ground level gallery
Kapinovo, Bulgaria
The stone entry stair opens to an area covered by a chardak and gallery along the konak perimeter that are reached by the wooden stair in this view. The dark timber posts, beams and rafters add expression to this area of transition from the gloomy basement to sunlit garden. The overhead chardak protects the sitting platform with decorative wooden balustrade seen to the right above the lower stair opening.
(photo 2000)