Sights in Municipality Momchilgrad

The rock sanctuary Harman Kaya is located in the "Harman Kaya" area, 2 km northeast of Gusak hamlet of village of Bivolyane and 2 5 km east of the village of Dolna Chobanka (Momchilgrad municipality). The sanctuary is located on high plateau, around a natural cave with a depth of 7 meters,...

Asara is a medieval fortress near the mine Zvezdel, south of the village with the same name - Zvezdel. The Fortress was built in XI-XII century and was used to guard the mine, where was extracted gold and silver. The Fortification is situated on a height that dominates over the region - Mt Asara....

This ancient Thracian tomb and sanctuary was discovered in 2000 in area located east of village of Tatul. According to professor Ovcharov (notable Bulgarian archaeologist) the tomb and sanctuary are of an influential Thracian leader who was deified after his death. Around 30 clay altars and other i...

About 1 km southwest of the village of Drumche are situated two rock complex - Thracian megaliths. They are about 200 meters each other and are huge rocks with carved niches used for pottery and other ritual objects....

This museum collection in town of Momchilgrad was created in 1969 and is the first in the Kardjali region. The museum is housed in the building of the community center "Nov Jovot" ("New Life"). The museum fund is about 1200 exhibits arranged in three sections: Archaeology, Ethnography and ...

The Thracian sanctuary near village Obichnik is located on a huge rock which looks as a figure of an animal and called by locals "Yumruk Kaya" or "The Lion". The rock has carved stone niches where the ancient Thracians were put ritual objects - votive clay pots and tiles. Some o...

Elmala Baba Tekke is located in the Eastern Rhodopes mountain, near Bivolyane village (municipality Momchilgrad). This is a sacred place for the Muslims-alevii. It is assumed that the site was built in the XVII century, because there was found an inscription from this period, which is believed was ...

The Fair in Elmala baba teke locality near village of Bivolyane is first from the many fairs of the Muslims-alevii (a religious branch of the unorthodox Islam) held every autumn in the Eastern Rhodopes mountain. These events are called "autumn maeta" and are traditional for the Alevi...

Nature Phenomenon "The Petrified Forest" ("Vkamenenata gora") is located in area "Gabaz dere", northeast of the village of Raven and southwest of the village of Gurgulitsa. It occupies an area of ​​about 75 decares and is a set of about 20 petrified trees with a heig...

The Sacrificial stone Sharapana near village of Vrelo is one of the best preserved Sharapanas (from Turkish sharap - wine) in the Rhodope Mountains. It is located near neighborhood of Guzollar. It represents a hewn in the stone, perfectly preserved system for wine-making. It consists of two pools (...