Sights in Region North-Central

In the town of Silistra is the grave of Rabbi Eliezer Papo - one of the 12 most revered rabbis. The tomb is one of the largest Jewish ritual complexes outside of Israel. It was built with the funds of the Jewish community in Bulgaria.Eliezer Papo became one of the 12 most revered saints among Jews...

The monastery "St. Marina" (also called Karanvarbovski Monastery) is located 3 km southwestern of the village of Karan Varbovka. This is the most famous monastery with a ayzmo (sacred spring) in Eastern Bulgaria, which is dedicated to St. Marina.It is assumed that the monastery was founded during...

"St. Dimitar" church in village of Gorno Ablanovo (Borovo Municipality) was built in the period 1867 - 1870. It was built by voluntary means of the local population at place, used as christian cemetery till then.The official opening of the church was in 1871 and in 1866 was appointed the first ...

The church of "St. Ivan Rilski" in the village of Brestovitza (Borovo Municipality) is a beautiful building with four columns, built on a site donated by Stoyan Dryanovets (local inhabitant). It was built in 1876.History:During the Ottoman rule the authorities did not allow local people to build...

In village of Maryan (4km east direction from town of Elena) is located the Maryanski monastery "The Holy Transfiguration". It was built on the site of another monastery that existed during VIII - IX century. The evidences for this are 6 column capitals found there. 4 of them are kept in the...

"Ibrahim Pasha" mosque in town of Razgrad is the third largest at the Balkans and the scond in Bulgaria (after Tombul mosque in Shumen). It was built in the period 1523-1536 by Bulgarian masters in order of Ibrahim Pasha (mosque named after him) - Grand Vizier of Sultan Suleiman I the...

The monastery "St.St. Petar and Pavel" (aka "Petropavlovski monastery" or "Lyaskovets monastery") is located west of town of Lyaskovets. It perches over the high and inaccessible rocks of the Arbanasi plateau. The monastery is one of the 14 monasteries built nearby t...

The Sveshtari Thracian Vault (aka Sveshtari Tomb) is a unique monument of the Thracian Hellenistic art, dating back to the first half of the III-th century B.C. It was discovered 2.5km south-west of village of Sveshtari (34 km away from town of Razgrad) at the archaeological excavations of a...

The church St Nikola is located at the center of Dryanovo. It was built in 1851 from the great Bulgarian builder master Kolyu Ficheto and has elements typical for his style. The church wall-paintings dates from 1926, and three of the icons were made by Stanislav Dospevski, one of the most notable...

Demir Baba Teke is an Alevi turbe (religious complex / tomb) from XVI century, located South-West from village of Sveshtari (no far away from Sveshtari tomb). It was and is a sacred place for Thracians, Christians and Alians (type of Muslim religion). It is believed that turbe contains the grave of ...