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Glojene Glojene: Glozhene Monastery St. Georgi Pobedonosets Glozhene Monastery St. Georgi Pobedonosets
Category: Monastery in Glojene
The Glozhene Monastery St. Georgi Pobedonosets is situated near the village of Glozhene, 12 km north-west from the town of Teteven. Seen from below it is like a castle on the rocks, near the Lisets summit in Stara planina. According to the legend the monastery was built in the 13th century by the Uk...
Belogradchik Belogradchik: The Belogradchik Rocks The Belogradchik Rocks
Category: Rock-formation in Belogradchik
The Belogradchik Rocks are marvelous rock-formations located south of city of Belogradchik. They were formed of varicoloured Triassic sandstones and conglomerates. These have fantastic outlines - up to 200 meters high silhouettes of people, towers, ships, mushrooms, obelisks, palaces, and animals. ...

URL: http://visittobulgaria.com/visit/Dir.asp?d=0-4-Nature-Belogradchik_Rocks
Pleven Pleven: Panorama Pleven Epopee - 1877 Panorama Pleven Epopee - 1877
Category: Memorial in Pleven
Nowadays there are 33 panoramas all over the world. One of them with the biggest dimensions is constructed in Pleven and  was officially unveiled on 10 December 1977.The memorial is devoted to to five-months battles of Russian army during the Russian-Turkish war 1877-78 as a result of which Bulgar...
Krushuna Krushuna: Maarata waterfall Maarata waterfall
Category: Waterfall in Krushuna
The waterfall in eco-park Maarata near village of Krushuna is one one of the most beautiful in Bulgaria. It has specific vegetation, lush under the falling water. Close to the Waterfall cave above the waterfalls cascade, there is a rock wreath from 8 up to 40 m in height. There is an eco-trail that ...
Vidin Vidin: Baba Vida Fortress Baba Vida Fortress
Category: Fortress in Vidin
Baba Vida fortress is one of the major attractions of the town of Vidin. It is one of the few entirely preserved medieval castle in Bulgaria. It is is situated on a big curve of the river Danube in the northeast part of the town. Its construction was started in X century at the place of an Ancient ...
Archar Archar: Roman fortress Ratsaria Roman fortress Ratsaria
Category: Fortress in Archar
Ratsiaria was a large and important city on the Danube. His remains are located in area of Kaleto, 1 km north-east of the present village Archar (about 27 km. southeast of Vidin). The city was founded during the Roman Empire, but there was a Thracian settlement on this lands in IV-th c BC. In Roma...
Ribaritsa Ribaritsa: Monument of Benkovksi, area of Kostina Monument of Benkovksi, area of Kostina
Category: Memorial in Ribaritsa
Georgi Benkovski is great Bulgarian revolutionary from the National Revival, one of the leaders of the April Uprising 1876. This memorial is devoted to him and is located in area of Kostina (4km south-west of Ribaritsa), at place where Benkovski was shot dead and beheaded (12 May 1876) by the Ot...
Georgi Damyanovo Georgi Damyanovo: Lopushanski Monastery of St. John the Baptist Lopushanski Monastery of St. John the Baptist
Category: Monastery in Georgi Damyanovo
Lopushanski monastery of St. John the Baptist is located in Chiprovtzi part of Stara Planina mountain, in the valley of river Dalgodelska Ogosta, southwest of the village of Georgi Damyanovo and north of the village of Melyane.Before the current monastery there was another monastery at same place, w...
Oreshak Oreshak: Troyan Monastery Troyan Monastery
Category: Monastery in Oreshak
The Troyan monastery "Uspenie Bogorodichno" is located on the banks of the River of Cherni Osam, near village of Oreshak (10 km away from Troyan). The monastery dates from the second half of the XVI century.Troyan monastery is the third largest monastery in Bulgaria. He is known primarily ...
Belogradchik Belogradchik: Belogradchik fortress Belogradchik fortress
Category: Fortress in Belogradchik
Belogradchik fortress (aka Kaleto) is located south-west of town of Belogradchik, near famous Belogradchi rocks. It was built among the stone rocks when the Bulgarian state was founded. It was natural inaccessible because its 2 sides was surrounded by rocks and there were built only two walls. Later...
Lomets Lomets: Roman Fortress Sostra Roman Fortress Sostra
Category: Fortress in Lomets
The fortress "Sostra" ("sostra" in ancient Greek means girdle, bandage, barrier) is a Roman military post, built over the ruins of a Thracian settlement. It is situated south-east of village of Lomets, 12 km. north of the town of Troyan and 28 km. south of Lovech, in the valley ...
Pleven Pleven: Regional History Museum Pleven Regional History Museum Pleven
Category: Museum in Pleven
Regional Historical Museum in Pleven is a inheritor of created in 1911 by the the Pleven Archaeological Society museum collection. Officially museum was open in 1953 as State Historical Museum and from 2000 it is converted to Regional Historical Museum - Pleven covering the territory of Pleven and L...

URL: http://www.plevenmuseum.dir.bg/
Cherni Osam Cherni Osam: Natural Science Museum Natural Science Museum
Category: Museum in Cherni Osam
The Natural Science Museum in village of Cherni Osam (Troayn municipality) was established in 1956 by Iliya Hristov Iliev (the local teacher of Biology) who started to research and collect information to help his students from the Biology circle. Bit by bit the interesting collection starts to attra...

URL: http://nsmuseum-ch-osam.dir.bg
Lyutibrod Lyutibrod: Cherepish monastery Assumption of Virgin Mary Cherepish monastery Assumption of Virgin Mary
Category: Monastery in Lyutibrod
The Cherepish monastery "The Assumption of Virgin Mary" is located in the Iskar defile of the Balkan mountain, 2km south-west of village of Lyutibrod and  29km southeast of the town of Vratsa. It was built during the ruling of king Ivan Shishman (1371-1393) and as most of Bulgarian mona...
Belene Belene: Roman military castle "Dimum" Roman military castle "Dimum"
Category: Fortress in Belene
The remains of Roman military caste "Dimum" are located in the northern part of town of Belene (north of the "Vasil Levski" school). In the I-st century Dimum was a very important point of the Roman province of Moesia. Even during the regime of the first Roman Emperor Augustus th...
Lom Lom: Church St. Nikola-Old Church St. Nikola-Old
Category: Church in Lom
The church St. Nikola-Old (aka Borunska church) is one of the main sights of town of Lom. It was constructed in XIII century during the reign of the Bulgarian king Mihail-Asen (1246-1257). In its "life" the church was destroyed several times but every time was restored again by local patri...
Lovech Lovech: Hissar fortress Hissar fortress
Category: Fortress in Lovech
Hissar Fortress is situated in the old part of town of Lovech, on the right bank of the Osam river. It was build in the IX-th -X-th century and occupies both upper terraces of the hill. The housing estates and production zone of the town were situated at the lower one - third terrace, on the slopes ...
Pleven Pleven: Storgozia fortress Storgozia fortress
Category: Fortress in Pleven
The remains of fortress Storgozia are located in Kailuka park near city of Pleven. It was built in the late antiquity (IV-VI centuries) by the Romans and was with area of 31000 square meters. The fortress walls were 2 meters wide made by solid stones. Inside the fortress there were many residential ...
Vidin Vidin: Regional History museum Vidin Regional History museum Vidin
Category: Museum in Vidin
Regional Historical museum of Vidin is one of the oldest scientific and cultural institutions in the town. The start of the museum activity in Vidin region is around 1910 when the Archaeological Society was  established and the first museum collection was arranged.The museums is structured in sever...

URL: http://museum-vidin.domino.bg/
Pleven Pleven: Iliya Beshkov Art Gallery Iliya Beshkov Art Gallery
Category: Gallery in Pleven
Iliya Beshkov Art Gallery in city of Pleven was open in 1958. This is the gallery that has the largest exhibition area in the town and is a leader in the cultural life of North-Central Bulgaria. There are displayed more than 6000 works of art, separated in different sections: Paintings, Graphics, Sc...

URL: http://plevengallery.hit.bg/

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