Matchstick Rila Monastery by Plamen Ignatov

Bulgarian artist Plamen Ignatov has created a detailed matchstick model of the Rila Monastery - the largest Eastern Orthodox monastery in Bulgaria - using 6 million matchsticks.

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It took him 16 years to complete the project.

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The face of Christ resides in in one of the miniature wooden walls.

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The real Rila Monastery

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