Sights in Municipality Svilengrad

The swimming complex Burdenis in town of Svilengrad consists of 3  pools (large, medium and small/children), cafe, pool bar and restaurant. There are swimming coaches who perform swimming lessons.The Burdenis complex is also a place, where the residents of the town and the region organize weddings a...

Neoutzikon fortress (aka Mezek Fortress) is situated west of nowadays village of Mezek. Its area was 6.5 decares (6,500 square meters). This medieval fortress was built in XI century, out of stone, with two decorative lines of bricks on the outside. It has 9 towers, 5 of which lie at the vulnerable...

This monumental Thracian tomb is located south-east of village of Mezek (Rhodopi mountain, 10 km away from the town of Svilengrad). It was discovered in 1931. The tomb was built around IV century B.C. and was the biggest beehive tomb in ancient Thrace, obviously made for one of the local rulers. It...

The fortress Bukelon is located near the village of Matochina, the municipality of Svilengrad. The fortress is situated on a high hill, in the north end of the village and is encircling the whole ridge with its length of 150 meters and width of 60 meters. With its 18 meters height, the fortress ...

The church "Holy Trinity" in town of Svilengrad was built  in 1834 at the place which probably was the local meeting point of the Bulgarian population in these times. The church was built by voluntary donations of the Bulgarians from the three neighborhoods of the town - Bayandar (on t...

The Ethnographic Museum Collection in village of Mustrak (Svilengrad municipality) was created by the prominent local resident Chriso Stoeva - a teacher and an activist from the village. In the museum are exhibits objects and tools from the past and the lifestyle of the local population....