The Patleina Monastery is ruined.
The complex included of cross-shaped church, residential and commercial buildings.
The edifices are set on a narrow terrace at the foot of a steep mountain slope overgrown with linden, hornbeam and oak trees.
There are three courtyards – one for prayer, one facing the residential building and one with ceramic and glass workshops.
The church with the residential quarters south of it occupied the western part of the terrace; the rest of the buildings used to against the slopes from the west and north.
A few metres to the north of the church was the monastery crypt consisting of six burial chambers.

The church had been refurbished.
It was originally cross-domed with a narthex and an apse and a total length of 12.60 m. After the reconstruction, the side walls are reinforced.
There were two lateral apses next to the altar, was well was two rectangular premises adjacent to the western façade.
The interior of the church was richly decorated with marble plinths with ornamental friezes.
The cladding on the walls was of painted ceramic tiles; the floor was covered in multicoloured mosaics.

There were two isolated buildings were the painted ceramics workshops were housed.
There used to be ovens at the northern part of the courtyard, as well as a facility used for flushing and purification of the raw material for the ceramics – the white Preslav clay with high-quality plastic properties.
The Patleina Monastery is ruined. The complex included of cross-shaped church, residential and commercial buildings. The edifices are set on a narrow terrace at the foot of a steep mountain slope overgrown with linden, hornbeam and oak trees. There are three courtyards – one for prayer, one facing the residential building and one with ceramic and glass workshops. The church with the residential quarters south of it occupied the western part of the terrace; the rest of the buildings used to against the slopes from the west and north. A few metres to the north of the church was the monastery crypt consisting of six burial chambers.
The church had been refurbished. It was originally cross-domed with a narthex and an apse and a total length of 12.60 m. After the reconstruction, the side walls are reinforced. There were two lateral apses next to the altar, was well was two rectangular premises adjacent to the western façade. The interior of the church was richly decorated with marble plinths with ornamental friezes. The cladding on the walls was of painted ceramic tiles; the floor was covered in multicoloured mosaics.
There were two isolated buildings were the painted ceramics workshops were housed. There used to be ovens at the northern part of the courtyard, as well as a facility used for flushing and purification of the raw material for the ceramics – the white Preslav clay with high-quality plastic properties.
Patleina Monastery