Sights in District Pazardjik

Church "St. Vlmcha Varvara" is one of the landmarks in the village of Varvara (Pazardzhik region). The construction of the church began in 1811 and was completed in 1814. The initiator and donor in the construction of the church was Chorbadji Atanas Lozanov (Jackata), whose image is...

The monastery "St. Nicholas" (also known as Kalugerovo Monastery) is located in the outskirts of the Sredna gora mountain, on the banks of the River Topolnitsa, about 2 km from the village of Kalugerovo.It is assumed that the monastery existed even during the Crusades (XI-XIII century). In 1419 it...

It is presumed the "St. Peter and St. Paul" monastery in village of Patalenitsa was found in XII century and was built on a pagan temple from the Old-Bulgarian period. Like most of the monasteries in Bulgaria this has been repeatedly destroyed and rebuilt during the Ottoman rule. The ...

The mount of "Pashino bardo" rises in the western part of the Mantaritsa reserve, about 4 km south-west of Tsigov Chark resort and 6 km south of town of Rakitovo. There were found remains of an ancient Thracian fortress. The wall of the fortification was more than 1 m wide. Its current...

The Church of St. Demetrius in village of Patalenitsa is dated to the end of the XII century, but according to some researchers it is older and was built on the foundations of an existing church of St. Panteleimon, which gave the name of the village - Patalenitsa. The locals also call it "St....

The Church of the Assumption of Mary in the village of Patalenitsa was built in beginning of XVIII century and is the oldest functioning church in Plovdiv diocese. It is a small one-nave building with vaulted ceilings, dug about 1 meter into the ground. The digging of the Christian temples in the ...

The remains of the sanctuary of Asclepius Zemidrenski are located between the villages of Patalenitsa and Vetren dol. The ritual site was built in the late I century and functioned until the end of the IV century, when it was burned. The sanctuary was discovered even before the Liberation of...

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...

The Church of the Holy Virgin in village of Batkun (nowadays district of Paletnitsa village) was built in 1892, on the foundations of an old chapel. The church has one nave and is high (not dug into the ground because it was built after the Liberation, unlike the other Paletnitsa church - the ...