Sights in Municipality Kotel

Jeravna is a small village in eastern part of Stara Planina mountain. The village was founded in XII-XIV century and in the XVIII century it was crafts and cultural center. Nowadays Zheravna is declared an architectural reserve because the many (over 200) perfectly preserved houses, streets and...

The population of village of Yablanovo consists of Muslims who professing heterodox Islam (Kızilbashis / Aliani). The village is notable for the unusually great number of türbes existing on its territory.The shrines in the village belong to two types:- a grave in a rectangular tomb (the türbes of Hü...

Kipilovo Kale Fortress is located on Mount Hissarluka - south of village of Kipilovo. Today around the fortress was overgrown a beech forest, which makes its detection more difficult for the visitors. It is believed that the fortress was built in the late VI century by the Byzantines and existed u...

The Natural history museum in town of Kotel has strong positions and is included in the national network of significant museums. The main purpose of the museum is to show the biodiversity of the eastern part of Stara Planina mountain.The founder of the Museum is Vasil Georgiev /1875-1963/, who was a...

Southeast of town of Kotel, left to the road to village of Gradets, stands a magnificent stone statue of the Bulgarian Khan Krum and his warriors. It represents a composition of three figures (the khan and two warriors) holding swords. The statue was erected to glorify Khan Krum`s victory over the B...

"The festival of folk costume" is an event held annual in village of Jeravna. The first edition was in 2008 and over the years the event has enjoyed of growing interest. The main requirement for the participants is to have Bulgarian national costume in order to fit completely in the atmosphere of...

The church "St. Nicholas the Miracle Worker" in village of Jeravna was built in 1834. After its construction it was painted by the master Jordan Mihajlovic from town of Elena and the masters Georgi and Gencho from town of Tryavna. Today the church keeps a rich exposition of icons from t...

The church "Sv.Prorok Ilia" ("St.Prophet Elijah") in village of Ticha is the oldest church in the region. It is situated in the heart of the old village on a small hill, dominating over the other buildings. It is assumed that at the same place there was existed another medieval church, which was ...

The mosque (Koyo camii) in the village of Ticha was built in 1800. The current building was constructed later (probably around 1870) and the minaret was built in 1874.The mosque is located in a small yard in the southern part of the village, close to the main village street, where once was the T...

The Thracian cult complex Talim tash (translated from Turkish "The Soldiers stone") is situated near the road between village of Ticha and town of Kotel (about 10km south of Talim Tash), near the Urushkite rocks. The name of the locality comes from the fact that this was the place where ...