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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...

Harlets

Fortress Augusta
Category: Fortress in Harlets
The ruins of the Late-Antique and Early-Byzantine fortress Augusta are located in in the Kaleto area of northwestern Danube River Valley, between towns of Mizia and Kozloduy, around 3 kilometers north of village of Harlets. Kaleto is an area offering favorable natural and geographical conditions ...

Lilyache

Natural stone bridge "God`s bridge"
Category: Rock-formation in Lilyache
"Bridge of God" (aka "Jabokrek") is a natural phenomenon located in the karst area between the villages of Lilyache and Chiren, about 15 km north of Vratsa. Chiren-Lilyache karst region is one of the most attractive in Bulgaria and includes many water caves, karst springs, land-b...

Oryahovo

Kamaka fortress
Category: Fortress in Oryahovo
The Fortress "Kamaka" ("The Stone") is located about 1 km west of Oryahovo on a hill from where there was an excellent visibility over the region around. The castle was built in the IX century and was an important frontier post - part of the defense system along the northern bord...

Kozloduy

Radetsky ship-museum
Category: Museum in Kozloduy
The Radetsky was an Austro-Hungarian passenger steamship built in 1851 and used for regular services on the Danube. It is most notable as part of the history of Bulgaria as the ship which revolutionary and poet Hristo Botev and his rebels bloodlessly hijacked and used to reach Kozloduy.The original ...

Karash

Krivgrad fortress
Category: Fortress in Karash
The remains of the medieval fortress Krivgrad (aka "Kaleto") are located about 1.5 km south from the village of Karash, along Iskar river, near the road town of Roman - village of Karash - town of Pravetz. The Fortress is oriented east-west following the relief of the hill on which it was ...

Strupets

Tarjishki Monastery St. Prophet Elijah
Category: Monastery in Strupets
Tarjishki (aka "Strupeshki" because the name of the closest village of Strupets) Monastery St. Prophet Elijah is located in the northern part of the Gola Glava (Bald Head) hill in the Western Fore-Balkan, around 4.5 km western of village of Strupets. The monastery is built on the right ba...

Mezdra

Kaleto fortress
Category: Fortress in Mezdra
The fortress Kaleto is located really close to the town of Mezdra, on a rocky massive, approximately 230 altitude high, bending over the impressive bed of Iskar River. For many years this fortress had protected the access towards the Old Mountains. The hill is naturally protected and situated on a p...

Vratsa

Ski-center Parshevitsa, Vratsa Balkan
Category: Ski resort in Vratsa
The small ski-resort of Parshevitsa is located in the Vratsa Balkan, around 25 km south of town of Vratza and Vratsata pass. The whole area offers excellent conditions for skiing, mountaineering and paragliding. The ski-tracks are well maintained and are suitable for beginners and intermediate level...

Vratsa

Ledenika cave
Category: Cave in Vratsa
Ledenika cave is located 16km west of town of Vratsa. Its entrance being at 830m above sea level. The cave is approximately 300 meters in length and features an abundance of galleries and 10 halls with impressive karst formations including stalactites and stalagmites, dating back a thousand years.Th...

Chelopek

House-museum Grandmother Iliyca
Category: Museum in Chelopek
The House-Museum Baba Iliytsa (Grandmother Iliyca) is located in the center of the village of Chelopek (Vratsa region), on the way to Mount Okolchitsa. The museum was created in 2003 by a Committee of patriots and the village administration, with the help from Municipality of Vratsa and the memorial...

Tri kladentsi

Soldier memorial
Category: Memorial in Tri kladentsi
This Soldier`s monument in village of Tri Kladnesti was erected in tribute to the killed in the Balkan War, The First and The Second World Wars men from the village. The monument is lined with marble slabs and has the shape of a truncated pyramid. At front side of the monument there are engraved p...

Vratsa

Regional History Museum Vratsa
Category: Museum in Vratsa
The Regional Historical Museum in Vratsa was officially opened in 1953. it is located in the central part of town of Vratsa. The museum is divided to different sections that track the stages of development of the region. The most valuable exhibits there are The Rogozen treasure and the treausre fro...

URL: http://www.vratsamuseum.com

Lyutibrod

Ritlite rock formations
Category: Rock-formation in Lyutibrod
The Natural phenomenon Ritlite is located in Iskar Gorge, north of the village Lyutibrod. These are limestone rock formations that are over 120 million years old. It is suggested the rocks have been formed when the region was seabed. Later, when the Alpine-Himalayan mountain chain were formed the r...

Vratsa

Bishop Temple "St.Nicholas"
Category: Church in Vratsa
Church "Saint Nicholay" in the town of Vratsa was built in period 1865 - 1867. In the temple are kept the relics of the first bishop of Vratsa after the liberation of Bulgaria from Ottoman rule, and this is the reason why the temple is called bishop. The church has beautiful frescoes and i...

Altimir

Memorial "Stoyanov grave"
Category: Memorial in Altimir
In the area of Prapora near village of Altimir was build a monument "Stoyanov Grave" dedicated to one of Hristo Botev`s rebels, who in 1876 captured the ship Radetzky and get off on the Bulgarian Danube riverside to fight for the liberation of Bulgaria from the Ottoman rule. The first vi...

Dolna Kremena

Ruins of medieval church
Category: Church in Dolna Kremena
The old church in the village of Dolna Kremena dates to the Middle Ages. It was built of white mortared stones and its roof was covered with large stone slabs. The Church was possessed interesting murals.Unfortunately, nowadays the medieval church is in ruins and is almost totally demolished.

Devene

Soldier memorial
Category: Memorial in Devene
This Soldier`s monument in the village of Devene was erected in honor to the local people died in the different Patriotic wars for liberation of Bulgaria.

Dobrolevo

Soldier`s memorial
Category: Memorial in Dobrolevo
This Soldier`s memorial is located in yard of Kyril and Metodiy school in village of Dobrolevo. It is dedicated to the local people died in different wars for the liberation of Bulgaria.

Kozloduy

Asparuhov Val monument
Category: Memorial in Kozloduy
The monument "Asparuhov val" ("val" means rampart) is located west of town of Kozloduy, on the road to the village of Gorni Tsibar. It is assumed that at this point in the 7th century, the founder of the Bulgarian state Khan Asparuh erected temporary protective fortification (r...

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