Church of St Nicholas, Melnik

Southwest view of a partially ruined medieval church, with the eastern part mostly extant
Overview of the Church of St Nicholas ruins
Southeast view of a church. Two of the three apses are visible, the middle one larger than the side ones. Blue signs with information in Bulgarian and English next to the building.
Exterior apse view

The Church of St Nicholas (Bulgarian: църква „Свети Никола“, tsarkva „Sveti Nikola“) is a partially preserved medieval Eastern Orthodox church in the town of Melnik in Blagoevgrad Province, southwestern Bulgaria. Dating to the late 12th century, it stands on top of an ancient Thracian sanctuary and a 5th-century basilica. In the Middle Ages, the church served as the cathedral of Melnik's bishop. The interior of the church features frescoes of rarely depicted scenes, as well as a 13th-century inscription. Its bell tower used to house one of the oldest extant church bells in Europe, discovered by archaeologists in the 2000s.