Sights in District Stara Zagora

The Thracian tomb in "Ostrusha" mound dates from IV century BC. It is located in the area called "Valley of the Thracian Kings" south of the town of Shipka. The ancient ritual complex was discovered in 1993 after archaeological studies. The necropolis is 7 m wide and 14 meters...

The Monument to the 3rd Volunteer Battalion and  Colonel Kalitin in city of Stara Zagora is dedicated to the heroes - Russian soldiers and Bulgarian volunteers, who died in the battle for the defence of the town at 19.07.1877 during the Russian-Turkish war.The memorial was designed by the architect ...

"The House of physics" is located in the town of Kazanlak and is the only of this type for Bulgaria and the Balkan peninsula. It was founded in 1977 (on 1 September), and in 1987 became an affiliate of the National Polytechnic Museum Sofia.The goal of the institution is to present a visual teaching...

The House-Museum "Peyo Yavorov" is located in the central part of Chirpan and is open all-year round. This is the birth-house of  of the one of the greatest Bulgarian poets - Peyo Kracholov Yavorov (born January 1, 1878, died October 29, 1914, real name - Peyo Totev Kracholov). The museum ...

The Oak in village of Granit (Stara zagora region) is the oldest tree in Bulgaria. Its species is "Summer oak". Scientific studies have found that age of the tree is over 1660 years - it dating from 345 years AD. The crown of the tree is 1017 m2, the circumference of the stem - 7.45 m and...

The remains of "Buzovo castle" (also called "Kaleto") are located 2 km southeast of the village of Buzovgrad, at the northern slopes of three small hills of Stara Planina, at an altitude of about 560 meters. The fortress can be reached by well marked eco-trail. It is believed...

Chudomir (real name Dimitar Hristov Chorbadzhiyski) is a Bulgarian writer, humorist and artist born in 1890 in village of Turia. Today his home is converted into museum.Chudomir House-Museum in Turia is located in the center of the village, near the road from Rakovski to Pavel banya....

5 October is the official holiday of the city of Stara Zagora. The date is related to Prince Alexander (Aleko) Bogoridi who at October 5, 1879 put the foundation stone for the reconstruction of Stara Zagora city after the ravages of the Russian-Turkish War (near Stara Zagora were held the most ...

The ruins of the Gornenski grad fortress (aka Maglij fortress) are located 6km north of town of Maglij. The fortress was built somewhere in the Roman times on the left riverside of Maglizh river, at high rocky hill, and has finished its existence in the first years of the Turkish slavery. It was u...

Soldiers` monument in village of Turia is located in the village center, at the road from Rakovski to Pavel Banya, near the house-museum Chudomir. It represents a granite block, resembling a cross, on which are inscribed the names of the locla people from Turia, who died in the wars for the f...