Sights in Municipality Dimitrovgrad

On the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the establishment of the town Dimitrovgrad the local government furnished an apartment that recreated the atmosphere of the apartments of that time (and the following decades of socialism). The apartment recreates the time after 1951, when the first blocks ...

"Kirkova dupka" cave is located between the villages of Kasnakovo and Klokotnitsa, not far away from the ancient Thracian sanctuary of Aphrodite and the Nymph (a national monument). The cave has not fully explored yet.According to the legend once here was hidden Theodore Komnenos, after being...

This Ancient Thracian Sanctuary of Nymphs is located in a picturesque area, about 600 m southeast of the village of Kasnakovo. It is built on top of an ancient cult center, established around a karst mineral spring in the early-iron age. The sanctuary consists of a large complex, including many...

The National Astronomical Observatory and Planetarium (NAOP) Giordano Bruno is located in park "Nikola Vaptsarov" in town of Dimitrovgrad. The site is designed by Arch. Milko Mialonov and was officially opened on 24 May 1962. This is the first planetarium in Bulgaria. The complex occupies...

Dimitrovgrad Historical Museum was founded in 1951 as "Museum of the socialist construction" in order to trace the process of building and development of the new socialist town. This is the first museum of its kind in Bulgaria and for long period has been a model for oganization of other...

The Late-antique and Medieval fortress Hasarya (aka Hasara or Preslavski Hisar, because until 1950 the village was named Preslav) is located on a hill, called by the locals "The Big Hasar", in the "Hasara" locality, 1.1 km east of the village Stalevo. It is assumed there was a T...

In 2007, in the lands of Kasnakovo village, was discovered suburban villa of a wealthy Thracian landowner by the Roman era of Thrace. The villa is located on the east terrace above the famous ancient Thracian pagan temple of the Nymphs (dating back to the II-III century). Till this time there is o...

Chapel "St. 40 Martyrs" is located on a hill (283 m) in the "Hasar" locality, southeast of village of Stalevo. This is a historical place. From here, in 1230, Tzar Ivan Assen II led the Klokotnitsa battle, when Bulgarians defeated the Byzantine army of Emperor Theodore Co...

Church of St. Archangel Michael in the village of Stalevo (Dimitrovgrad municipality) was built in 1897 by Albanians. It was renovated and refurbished in 1929. In 1997 there was a partial renovation, thanks to local sponsors (Dobrina Ganeva and Dimitar Tenev) and small voluntary donations from the ...