Sights in Bulgaria

Ethnographic complex "Krivini" is located in the area of  "Gagata", 1km northeast of village of Krivini and 10km away from the main road Varna - Burgas leading out of the way near Staro Oriahovo village. It is 45km away from Varna and 60km from sea resort of sunny Sunny ...

Velyanova House is the best preserved house in Bansko with architecture from the period of Vuzrajdaneto. It was built in the early XIX century.The house is built mostly from massive stonework and wood. The house has impressive interior. It was painted by the representative of the Debar Art School -...

The Kamburov Inn in town of Elena was built in the middle of the XIX century. Its owner was Stoyan Kambura - a participant in the uprising of Captain dyado Nikola (1856), in Hadzhistavrevata Buna uprising (1862) and member of the Revolutionary Committee of Elena.The architecture of Kambourov inn is...

House of George Danchov - Zografina (or Danchova house, as it is known) is located in the Old Plovdiv. It was built in the late XVIII century. After the liberation of Bulgaria from Ottoman rule here lived the famous Bulgarian painter and photographer George Danchov - Zografina - a revolutionary,...

The Clock Tower in Rakitovo was built in 1872 with donations from two local residents - Veli Haji Musa Efendi and his son - Hafiz Hussein Effendi. It was built on Brdo hill, close to the eastern part of the town.The tower is made of wood and stone and has an octagonal shape with a conical roof,...

The Palace of Vrana (aka "Vranya") is a royal palace with park, located 11 km east of the center of Sofia. Here, in the past,  the royal family has spent most of their time. Before the liberation of Bulgaria Vrana was a farm of Osman Pasha. In 1898 Knyaz Ferdinand I bought it for 600 gold levs. The ...

The bell-tower in the town of Byala Cherkva (means White Church) is one of the many cultural sights of the town. It is located in the center of Byala Cherkwa, near the old church of St. Dimitar.The bell is a memorial built in 1878 in honor of the Liberation of Bulgaria from the Ottoman rule and in...

In the locality of "Dzhenevra", 12 km. north of the village of Borino and west of the town of Devin, is located the Roman bridge "Kemera" (also called "Kemerov bridge" or "The arch bridge"). The bridge arc  is a perfect semicircle, hence its name - Kemerov, ...

In the village Enina has a fountain with three spouts and a stone plate on which is engraved a copy of the famous inscription of Han Omourtag (ruled Bulgaria from 814 to 831):"One can live well, die / and another is born. Let this born later, while watching this, remember the man who constructed...

In the Past "Tabakhana" (or Tabahana) were called the Workshops for processing of animal skins. In XVIII-XIX century and the first quarter of the XX century the leather industry was the most common craft in Sevlievo. In these times there were operating more than 50 Tabahanas, one of which has been...