Sights in Bulgaria

The ruins of Lutitsa fortress are located south-west of town of Ivailovgrad. In the past Lyutitsa was a medieval fortress - one of the largest in the Eastern Rhodopes, known as "Marble town" and "The Citadel of Kaloyan". In that times Lyutitsa was a big and rich town -  center of...

The remains of an ancient  fortress of Ovech are located on a high rocky hill, east of town of Provadia. It is surrounded from all sides by rocks and has a ship shape. The name Ovech origins from Slavic as transcription of the name "Ram Fortress" as it was called by Byzantines.The f...

Fortress "Petrich Kale" (or "Petricha") was an important fortress in the defense system of the medieval Bulgarian state. It is located 4 km.north of the village of Avren and a 1 kilometer east of the the railway station of Razdelna on Varna-Sofia railway line. The castle dates from the V-th century ...

Kipilovo Kale Fortress is located on Mount Hissarluka - south of village of Kipilovo. Today around the fortress was overgrown a beech forest, which makes its detection more difficult for the visitors. It is believed that the fortress was built in the late VI century by the Byzantines and existed u...

The Despot Slav-Fortress (aka Melnik castle) is located above the town of Melnik, about 1 km north-east of the town center. It is believed that the fortress was built in XI century, but in XIII century, during the reign of Despot Alexius Slav it has been expanded and additionally strengthened  ...

The Ruins of Krepcha Kale (aka "The Fortress of Ghosts" or "Djin Kale") are located 2.6 km south-west of the village of Krepcha. The fortress is situated on Kale bair hill, on a cliff above the right bank of the river Kalakoch gully, at place where its tributary Bash bunar dere...

The fortress Kaliakra is located at Cape Kaliakra at north coast of the Bulgarian Black Sea, 12 km. east from Kavarna near village of Balgarevo. The coast there is very steep with vertical cliffs with a height of about 70 m. which is the reason the fortifications were built on the cape in ancient t...

The ruins of Kaleto fortress near village of Zaya are located about 300 meters south-west of the village. The castle was built on a promontory formed by the northern branch at the height of "Karuka", pressed between Dryanovska River and its tributary "Karashki dol". Most likely,...

Strelcha and the whole South Thrace region was included in borders of the First Bulgarian State in the IX century. Since then is dated the castle Strelchansko Kale. It is located 2.5km south of town of Strelcha, at the right bank of the Strelchanska Luda Yana River, in Galata locality. For centuries...

The remains of the Kladnitsa fortress are located of south-western slopes of the Vitosha mountain, near the village of Kladnitsa. The fortress was built on the hill and was naturally protected because there are very steep slopes around its three sides. Kladnitsa fortress was included in the system...