Sovolyano
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Sovolyano
Соволяно | |
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Village | |
 In front of a sculpture in Sovolyano | |
  Sovolyano | |
| Coordinates: 42°19′51″N 22°39′37″E / 42.3308°N 22.6603°E | |
| Country |  Bulgaria |
| Province | Kyustendil Province |
| Municipality | Kyustendil |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Sovolyano is a village in Kyustendil Municipality, Kyustendil Province, south-western Bulgaria.[1]
St. Theodore Tiron Church, located in the center of the village, is from the period of the Bulgarian Revival. Built in 1834 on the foundations of an older temple. It is a single-nave, single-apse building, dug into the ground on three steps.[2]
St. Athanasius Church is located in the northern end of the village, on the left of the road to the village of Dragovishtitsa. Built in 1885. It is partially frescoed, a carved iconostasis and icons were installed in 1897.[3]
