Sights in District Stara Zagora

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...

The Museum of the horse and equestrian sport in town of Stara Zagora was opened in 2010. It is a successor of the founded in 1971 by Professor Rangel Karaivanov "Museum of the Horse" which was housed in a building of Higher Institute of Veterinary Medicine and Zootechnics, Sofia. This...

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 ...

The Holy Mother Step is a big concave rock having the form a human step. It is located near the Stara Zagora mineral baths, in district with same name. The region has high bio-energy power and the local people believe that it helps curing a lot of illnesses. A chapel "Nativity of Holy Virgin ...

In the northeastern part of Radnevo is located the largest monument of the Bulgarian saint - Ivan Rilski -  patron of Bulgarian people and protector of the miners.The memorial complex is 32 meters high and was built in 2007 by design of sculptor Mincho Minev....

The memorial to "Stara Zagora Defenders of 1877" (aka Memorial "Samarsko Zname") is located in a park in north-eastern part of city of Stara Zagora and is visible from almost anywhere in the city. It is dedicated to the battles for Stara Zagora from 31 July 1877, during the Russian-Turkish ...

It is believed that the monastery "St. Athanasius" near the village of Zlatna Polyana (15 km away of town of Chirpan) is the oldest in Europe. It was founded in 344 by St.Athanasios - one of the greatest enlightener for the purity of the Orthodox faith in these times. Studies in the...