Sights in District Haskovo

The dolmen near the village of Jelezino is a megalithic burial facility dating from the end of II millennium BC. The dolmen is rectangular, single-chamber, without antechamber and dromos. The burial chamber has an east - west orientation.The facility is built of large roughly shaped, vertical gneiss...

The National Festival of folklore "Kehlibaren grozd" ("Amber bunch") is held annually since 2010 in the village of Lozen (Haskovo region). The organizers of the event are: the Community center "Prosveta-1925" in village of Lozen, the National Movement "Worthy for Bulgaria" and the Ministry of...

The Ethnographic Museum in village of Lozen (Haskovo district) is housed in the building of the Community Center "Prosveta" in the central part of the village (the old square). The museum is arranged in "Dyado Slavi`s shop" - 1-storey building from the early XX-th century.The...

The remains of the late-antique and medieval fortress of "Dolno Kale" are situated 3 km southwest of the town of Harmanli, between the town and village of Ostar kamak. The castle was built on a hill, between the rivers of Harmanliiska and "Koru dere". The site was naturally ...

Fortress Kaleto is located in locality  "Sveti Duh" ("Holy Spirit") in lands of village of Mineralni bani, between villages of Bryastovo and Spahievo. The fortress has existed from the II century to the XIV century and was used for defense of the village around the mineral springs (dating from th...

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...

In 2013 a team who filming a documentary (led by Maya Vaptzarovа) found near the village of Mineralni Bani an unique Sundial, dating back more than 5,000 years. The place, where the clock is located, is difficult for access by people without special training and equipment. It could be reached ...

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 ...