Sights in Region North-Eastern

Church "Holy Trinity" in the village of Lilyak (municipality Targovishte) was built in 1936 godina. It is part of Targovishte clerical district, Varna and Veliki diocese of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church. Currently the church is acting only on major religious holidays. ...

The Church of St. George Martyr in the village of Pevets is located in the village center. Besides its architecture, it is interesting also with its history. According to legends, the temple was erected in 1752 - during the Ottoman rule. After a brief existence it was demolished by the Turks. The...

The church "St. Paraskeva" in Byala (Varna region) is one of the oldest in the municipality. It is assumed that it was built between 1840 - 1841, and consecrated in 1842.The temple was built following the existing then laws of the Ottoman Empire for the Christian religious buildings. The building is...

The Church "Holy Ascension" in Pchelnik was built between 1923 - 1929 with funds and voluntary work of local people. The Orthodox Church is located in the center of the village and had impressive for its time size and architecture.There was be done major repair of the church and solemn consecration...

The Osmar rock monasteries are remarkable religious, cultural and educational monuments from the Second Bulgarian Kingdom. They are located on the steep southern and south-eastern slopes in the area of "Osmar Boaz" of the Shumen plateau, north of the village of Osmar and south-western of the town of...

The Dormition of the Theotokos Cathedral (Katedralen Hram Uspenie Bogoroditschno) in city of Varna is the largest and most famous Bulgarian Orthodox cathedral in the region.It was officially opened on 30 August 1886 and is the residence of the bishopric of Varna and Preslav and one of the symbols of...

Aladja monastery is is one of the few preserved and accessible rock monasteries in Bulgaria. It is located 14 km in north-east direction from the city of Varna, close to the Black Sea resort of Golden Sands. The monastery was established in XI-XII-th century when the hermits first inhabited it. ...

The Rock Monastery near village of Krepcha was founded in the Middle Ages, probably in X-th century during the reign of King Simeon the Great. It is located 2 km south-west of center of Krepcha, at the right side of the way to the village of Golyamo Gradishte. The monastery complex includes a...

The Monastery of "Benedictine Sisters of Tuttsing" is the only active Catholic monastery in northeastern Bulgaria. It is situated in the village of Tsarev brod and is a part of the Catholic Diocese of Nikopol. The Catholicism is not the main religion in Bulgaria, and the presence of the...

The Sherif Halil Pasha Mosque (more commonly known as the Tombul Mosque) in town of Shumen is the largest mosque in Bulgaria (just before the mosque in town of Razgrad) and second on the Balkans. It was built between 1740 and 1744 in the central for the that time part - nowadays south-western part ...