Sights in Municipality Kazanluk

Shushmanets Necropolis is located eastern of town of Shipka. It was discovered (along with two other tombs - The Griffons and Helvetia) in 1996 after studies sponsored by the Foundation of Helvetia (Switzerland) (one of the tombs is named to it).The tomb dates back to the V-IV century BC. Its ...

On June 5th, 2015, in the town of Kazanlak was opened first in Bulgaria museum of photography and contemporary visual arts. The museum is housed in building, part of the Historical Museum "Iskra".In the museum are shown artifacts from the beginning of the photographic life in Kazanlak region - glass...

Archimandrite Onufri Popovich (Hilendarski) is a prominent Bulgarian cultural activist from the period of the Bulgarian Renaissance (Vazrajdaneto). He was born in the village of Enina, Kazanlak region. He comes from a priestly family, and his secular name is Bogdan Minkov.Brief biography:In...

In the village Enina has a fountain with three spouts and a stone plate on which is engraved a copy of the famous inscription of Han Omourtag (ruled Bulgaria from 814 to 831):"One can live well, die / and another is born. Let this born later, while watching this, remember the man who constructed...

Petko Staynov (1896-1977) is a famous Bulgarian composer and music publicist. He was born on 12.01.1896 in the town of Kazanlak. In 1999 his house (declared a monument of culture of national importance), was turned into museum by the foundation "Petko Gruev Staynov". The museum is a branch of the...

The Thracian mound "Golyamata Kosmatka" ("The big Kosmatka") is located southeast of the town of Shipka and east of the village of Sheynovo, about 1 km from the main road between Kazanlak and Shipka. In 2004, durring a study of the mound, the archaeologist Georgi Kitov and his...

"The door of the goddess" (also known as "The sun door") is one of the most ancient Thracian sanctuaries found in the Bulgarian lands. It is located south of the village of Buzovgrad and can be reached by a well marked eco-path starting from the village. The Megalith dating from...

Shipka Memorial Temple (ака "Memorial Temple of the Birth of Christ", "Shipka monastery" or in Bulgarian: "Hram-pametnik Rozhdestvo Hristovo") is located just north of town of Shipka at the southern foothills of Stara Planina, 12 km Northwest from the town of Kazanlak. It is one of the most sac...

The Kazanlak Thracian Crypt (aka Kazanlak tomb) is a monument of exceptionally great worth, discovered in 1944 beneath a mound in the vicinity of the town of Kazanlak (north-east direction). It is representative of the Thracian architectural and pictorial art from the end of the 4 th and the ...

Shipka Monument (aka "Monument of The Liberty") is a monumental construction, located at Shipka summit in Stara Planina mountain, north of town of Shipka. The memorial complex was erected in memory of the fallen Bulgarian volunteers and Russian soldiers during the Shipka battles in the summer of...