Sights in District Sliven

The Church of Saints Cyril and Methodius in the village of Blatets is one of the few landmarks in the area....

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...

The Funeral mound of "Zlata mogila" is located near village of Sudievo, 8km east of Nova Zagora and 1 km from the road Sofia - Burgas. It dates from the Roman times (I - II century) and is one of the largest burial mounds in the region. The archaeological excavations were found two ...

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 ...