Sights in Region North-Central

Church St. apostles Peter and Paul in Silistra was built after the Crimean war by the masters from the leading in this period Dryanovo School of Architecture. The murals were painted by the famous Bulgarian painter prof.Kozhuharov. In 2001, during his visit to Bulgaria, the Pope John Paul II donated...

The church St.prophet Elijah (Sveti Prorok Iliya) in village of Profesor Ishirkovo was built in 1906 by a order of the bishop of Dorostolo-Cherven diocese - father Vasility....

The church "St. Elijah the Prophet" is one of the sights of village of Babuk (Silistra region)...

The Early-medieval settlement in the area "Byuven kasaba" is a part of the Archaeological and Historic Reserve Sboryanovo. It is a complex of dug and partly-dug into the ground buildings. In archaeological excavations of the site Byuven Kasaba (means town of the confidence) were discovered...

The church "St. Dimitar" in the village of Pravda (Veliko Turnovo region) is located in the central part of the village. It is unique because is built only of stones without usage of cement. Other features of this church are the two beautiful icons, work of the artist Nikolai Kolev, which ...

Monument of the Asenevtsi kings (aka "The riders")in Veliko Tarnovo was founded in 1985 in occasion of national celebrations of 800 years of the uprising of the brothers Asen and Peter and the proclamation of Tarnovo as the capital of the Second Bulgarian Kingdom (1185 - 1393). The monument is...

Holy Forty Martyrs church ("Sv. Chetirideset machenitsi") in Veliko Tarnovo is a medieval Eastern Orthodox church. It was built in 1230.The church is an elongated six-columned basilica and  has three semicircular apses and a narrow narthex from the west. Another building was added later t...

Church Saint Dimitrios of Thessaloniki in village of Garvan was built between 1876 and 1892 with donations of local residents. It has cruciform form (seen from a birds-eye view it has the form of a cross), with the highest part in the middle representing a dome-hemisphere. The building is...

In the eastern part of town of Silistra were discovered remains of a large Roman villa,  dating back to II-IV century. It was built not far away of downtown (the Forum) of the ancient town-fortress Durostorum. In II-III century it was inhabited by wealthy aristocratic family. At the end of III-th or...

The monument of "Mother Bulgaria" is one of the most emblematic places in the city of Veliko Tarnovo. It is located between two of the major streets in the central part - "Independence" str. and "Vasil Levski" str. The monument is dedicated to the Bulgarians killed in ...