The church of "St.John the Evangelist" in the town of Karnobat was built in the period 1880 - 1895 on an area of about 434 square meters. It is a work of the great Renaissance master Gencho Kanev from Tryavna, who built numerous churches and schools throughout Bulgaria - Gabrovo, Pleven, Sev...
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From May 2014 started a new attraction for residents and visitors of the city of Burgas - trip with catamaran ("Cook", 210 passengers) and tour to the island of "St. Anastasia" (formerly known as the island of "Bolshevik"). There are three trips per day (at 10, 13:30 and 17:30) that starting from...
In the summer of 2012, archaeologists came across an unusual finding in the old town of Sozopol - the remains of a medieval vampire. To an ancient temple, among many cemeteries, the team found two burials older than 700 years, with clear signs of rituals against vampire. The bodies were pierced...
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 rock sanctuary Beglik tash is located in reserve Ropotamo, about 7 km from town of Primorsko. The sanctuary has strategic position - there is a beautiful panoramic view to the sea and around. It was discovered in 2003 after excavation. Begliktash was a sacred place and there were performed s...
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 ...
This Thracian necropolis / heroon (from Greek ηρώιον - Mausoleum, a shrine of hero) is located 4 km west of town of Pomorie in "Kuhata mogila" locality. The site is built around the III century AD and is a complex of dromos, burial chamber and additional rooms.The entrance of the tomb is...
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...