Sights in District Pazardjik

The remains of the fortress Mryansko Kale are located about 11 km north of town of Strelcha, on the right bank of the river Luda Yana. The castle is situated in the woods, on a hard to access mountain hill of Sredna Gora mountain. Initially the castle was built as a fortified residence of the...

Rock phenomenon "Pobit kamak" is located north-eastern of village of  Pobit kamuk (about 35 km south of Velingrad). This is a formation of coarse-grained granite, and its shape resembles the Russian matryoshka dolls....

The remains of the Late-antique and medieval fortress"Gradishteto kyunka" (aka "Litopolis" or "Kamengrad") are located about 1.5 km west of town of Vetren (municipality of Septemvri). It was built on on a self-dependent, not-high (542 m) hill with gentle slopes...

This monumnet in center of village of Slavovitsa is devoted to Alexander Stamboliiski - a great Bulgarian political figure from beginning of XX century. He was born in this village. Stamboliyski is the founder of the Bulgarian Agrarian Party (BZNS) and was prime minister of Bulgaria in 1919 -...

Historical Museum of Velingrad is located in the district of Kamenica. It was established in 1951 and is а successor of various school and other museum collections. Shortly after its establishment it was transformed into "Museum Vela Peeva", but in 1991 its status was restored to Town H...

On May 17 municipality of Batak celebrates its public holiday, dedicated to the heroes of the April Uprising of 1876. During the uprising, after two weeks of uneven battle with innumerable Turkish army, were killed five thousand of the six-thousand inhabitants of Batak and the town was burned to the...

The church "St. Archangel Michail" is one of the main point of interest when visiting town of Strelcha. The chapel was built in 1904 in honor of victims from Strelcha during the April uprisings against Turks in 1876. At both sides of the facade there are slab-stones where are engraved t...

Northwest of the town of Vetren (Pazardzhik province) are situated ruins of a medieval castle. In the past, here was located a village with name Palanka that was demolished in the past. It is suggested the fortress was a castle of the local Bulgarian ruler - despot Novak Debeli and it was probably...

Panayot Volov is an important figure from the Bulgarian history. He is among the organizers and leaders of Giurgiu Revolutionary Committee and participant in the April uprising 1876. He was one of the leaders who prepared and rose in rebellion the population of Srednogorie region, including ...

There is an old spring in the surroundings village of Radilovo, called Chereshovo kladenche (Cherry well). According to the legend, everyone who is sick and drinks water from the well, and ties a black thread on a near tree, will get better shortly. ...