Sights in Region North-Central

The Gabrovo-Sokolski monastery "Assumption of Virgin Marry" ("Uspenie bogorodichno") is located about 12 km south of Gabrovo and 4 km south-west of the Ethnographic museum complex Etara. The monastery was founded in 1833 by Joseph Sokolsky (Archimandrite Joseph), who came here from the Troyan ...

The Church "Holy Assumption" in  village of Enchevtsi was declared a cultural monument of national importance. The temple was built by the prominent master from Tryavna - Usta Dimitar Sergiov. The iconostasis was made by pop Koyo Vitanov - one of the most eminent icon-painters. Today the c...

The archeological site "Kamen Rid" is located on a high rocky plateau, 10 km away of the town of Isperih. It is included in the borders of the Historical -archaeological reserve of "Sboryanovo". Throughout the entire period when the region was inhabited, the place is considered...

The Plakovski Monastery "St. Prophet Iliya" is located about 18 km south from Veliko Tarnovo, near the villages of Plakovo and Velchev , two kilometers away from Kapinovski monastery "St. Nicholas". According to the legend it was built during the Second Bulgarian State, within ...

The church Sveta Troitsa (Holy Trinity) is the oldest church in city of Russe. It was built in 1962 and is a digged in the ground pseudo-basilica with size of 15.60 x 31.20 m.The bell tower is 19 meters high and has 5 bells. It has a hexagonal  shape and was built of hewn stones taken from the ru...

The Svishtov monastery "Shroud of the Holy Mother" (aka "Virgin Mary’s Winding Sheet" or in Bulgarian: "Pokrov Bogorodichen") is located in a beautiful grove some 5 km away from the town of Svishtov. It was built during the Ottoman yoke and soon later was destroyed. In...

The Church of Saint Marina is located in the Centre of the town of Veliko Tarnovo, near to park "Marno поле" and the Primary school "Patriarch Evtimiy of Tarnovo". The Church was built in the XIX th century by the famous master Kolyu Ficheto. The temple was officially ina...

The Nunnery "Reverend Petka Bulgarska" is situated near the homonymous village of Koprivets (municipality of Byala, Ruse district). It is one of the newest Bulgarian monasteries, but it is suggests that during the Second Bulgarian Kingdom at the same place there was existed other...

St. Archangel Michael Church in town of Tryavna was built to commemorate the victory of the Bulgarian Kings Assen and Peter over the army of Emperor Isaac II Angelos in year of 1192. Like lots of other old churches in Bulgaria, it was demolished during the Ottoman rule and restored again later - in...

Preobrajenski monastery is located around 6-7 kilometers north of Veliko Turnovo, under the inaccessible sheer rocks of the west bank of the Yantra River. It was built in the middle of VIX century during the Second Bulgarian State. During the years of Ottoman Rule the monastery had been burnt down...