Sights in Bulgaria

The dolmen in the village of Kirovo is megalith facility associated with religious rituals or funerals of the Thracians. It is located in the former village diary farm, west of the road which connecting villages of Kirovo and Belevren, in a locality named "Korubata". The dolmen is made of...

The Thracian sanctuary Belintash (aka Belantash) is situated on top of a rock (with the same name) in Rhodopes mountain, 30 km southeast of Asenovgrad, between the villages of Sini Vir (now non-existing anymore as separate village) and Mostovo. The top of Belintash rock can be reached by stone steps...

The dolmen near the village of Jelezino is a megalithic burial facility dating from the end of II millennium BC. The dolmen is rectangular, single-chamber, without antechamber and dromos. The burial chamber has an east - west orientation.The facility is built of large roughly shaped, vertical gneiss...

This Thracian dolmen is situated north-west of village of Belevren in the locality "Lozyata" ("The Vineyards"), near a dirt road which branch west (towards the village of Dolno Yabulkovo) the main road between villages of Belevren and Kirovo. The dolmen is an impressive...

Kalugeritsa rock sanctuary is located in valley of Smolska river, between the villages of Baylovo and Smolsko. It is a complex of four (most likely in the past there have been more) caves in travertine rock, which are situated in the lower parts (from 5 to 15 meters above the local erosion basis) of...

The Thracian sanctuary "Golemiat kamak" ("The big stone", also called by the locals "Markov stone") is located near the village of Dolno Yabalkovo, about 1.5 km east of the village. The site is a cliff with a height of 8 meters, which is attached to two other rocks, so ...

The Thracian sanctuary near village Obichnik is located on a huge rock which looks as a figure of an animal and called by locals "Yumruk Kaya" or "The Lion". The rock has carved stone niches where the ancient Thracians were put ritual objects - votive clay pots and tiles. Some o...

Sabri Huiseyin was lived from the end of the XVII-th to the middle of the XIX-th century and came probably from Buhara. During the first half of the XIX-th century he had been one of the most respected Naqshbandi sheikhs in Tutrakan and the region. A proof for that is his tyurbe (teke) - an oc...

The Funeral mound of "Zlata mogila" is located near village of Sudievo, 8km east of Nova Zagora and 1 km from the road Sofia - Burgas. It dates from the Roman times (I - II century) and is one of the largest burial mounds in the region. The archaeological excavations were found two ...

This Thracian sanctuary was situated on the highest part of the summit Chuchul (1379 m) in the Balkan Mountains, near today Troyan Pass - east of Beklemeto. At the very top there are 2 platforms. The first covers 80% of the summit and has the shape of a semi-arc. In its southern section, it is 45...