Sights in District Haskovo

Sarlaka (aka Hisarlaka) is a fortress whose remains are located 500 meters north of the village of Dolno Cherkovishte. It was built on the left bank of Arda river, on a rocky peak called St. Elias.The castle was about 1000m2 and trapezium-shaped. Its walls were 2 meters thick, made ​​of crushed sto...

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 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 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...

The Thracian Tomb near village of Aleksandrovo (Haskovo region) was discovered in 2000 when was damaged by looters. Later, in 2002 it was excavated by the archaeologist Dr Georgi Kitov. He discovered a round chamber of about 3 meters in diameter, accessible through a small antechamber and a tunnel,...

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 museum of Thracian culture in Eastern Rhodopes Mountain is located near the Aleksandrovska tomb (village of Alexandrovo, Haskovo province) . It provides detailed information on all Thracian monuments situated in the east Rhodopes - Perperikon, Tatul, The Womb cave and Gluhite Kamani (The deaf ...

"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 Thracian sanctuary in area of "Gluhite kamani" ("The Deaf stones") near village of Malko Gradishte is the largest Thracian cult complex of rock niches. More than hundred of trapezium shaped niches are carved on monolithic rock, which arises from the earth like a giant, 30...

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...