Sights in Municipality Ivaylovgrad

Near the village of Dolno Lukovo are found several dolmens (shrines) and a rich ornamented tomb dating back to the Thracian times. It was constructed at the level of the ancient terrain and covered by a mound, 4 m high. It consists of a burial chamber with a rectangular plan with the entrance from ...

Church of "The Assumption" in village of Pokrovan was built in 1820 as Episcopal cathedral church. This is the most impressive religious building in the municipality. It represents one-nave basilica with splendid interiors and rich decorations.One of the most valuables artistic elements...

The ruins of Lutitsa fortress are located south-west of town of Ivailovgrad. In the past Lyutitsa was a medieval fortress - one of the largest in the Eastern Rhodopes, known as "Marble town" and "The Citadel of Kaloyan". In that times Lyutitsa was a big and rich town -  center of...

Villa Armira is an unique Roman villa discovered accidentally in 1964 during construction of a dam near Ivailovgrad. The site became popular as villa Armira - the name of the little river on whose bank the construction was built many centuries ago.This is the richest private palace from the Roman...

"The big mound" is an antique necropolis located north-east of village of Svirachi and only 1km  to the southeast of the antique villa Armira. It lies on highest point in the region and place has perfect visibility and being as close as possible to the gods.It was built as a tomb during ...

The Byalgrad fortress is located 2 km south-east of village of Gugutka. The fortress is dated to the end of XII century and is one of the well preserved in Bulgaria. The citadel`s walls reach up to 8 meters in height and 2 m in wide in their base. The name of the fortress comes from the white st...

The ruins of this fortress are located in locality of Baluk dere gully, near the border with Greece, at hill between villages of Slaveevo and Huhla. The fortress was constructed in the IV-th century and was probably prompted by moving the seat of the Roman Empire from Rome to Constantinople. During ...

The Thracian tomb near village of Plevun (2km) is a megalithic burial facility from V - I century BC. It is built from large split and roughly shaped gneiss slabs that are placed vertically in a prepared excavation on a small natural hill. The dolmen is the last found Thracian megalithic monument...

Ilieva Niva area is located in the outskirts of the village of Glumovo, Ivaylovgrad Municipality. At this place on 03.10.1913, during the Balkan War, the Turkish army kills over 200 babies and children, hidden on the south bank of the River of Arda. These were the children of the Bulgarians fleeing...

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