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Underground mining museum
Category: Museum in Pernik
The Underground mining museum "Starite Rudnitsi 1891" ("The old mines 1891") is one of the main attractions of town of Pernik. It is located 50 meters below the ground in one of the old mines - "Temelko Nenkov" (or "Starite Rudnitsi"), where in 1891 has be...

Gurlo

Underground temple and sacred well
Category: Archaeological site in Gurlo
The underground temple-well in the village of Garlo (Breznik Municipality) is an unique for Bulgaria (and quite rare for the region of Eurasia) facility. It is the most ancient religious stone mason construction in Bulgarian lands which dating from the XII century BC. The temple was discovered in th...

Bosnek

Duhlata cave
Category: Cave in Bosnek
Duhlata Cave (aka Bosnek Cave) is located in the locality Dzheranitsa (southwest part of Vitosha mountain), at the right bank of the Struma River - between the villages of Bosnek and Chuypetlyovo (Pernik Municipality). This is the longest cave in Bulgaria - 17,600 meters. The cave is extremely beau...

Pernik

Regional History Museum Pernik
Category: Museum in Pernik
The Regional Historical Museum in Pernik was established in 1953. It has a rich collection of historical objects from the Middle Ages and ethnographic materials related to the traditional Bulgarian culture. The Pernik museum has following collections: - prehistoric pottery - urban lifestyle in the ...

URL: http://www.pernik.bg/museum.html

Zemen

Zemen monastery of St Joan Bogoslov
Category: Monastery in Zemen
The Zemen monastery of St Joan Bogoslov is located in the valley of the Struma River in Konyovska Mountain, near Zemen defile, 1 km south-west of the town of Zemen. The monastery was founded in XI century and is one of the oldest and most valuable Bulgarian cultural monuments. The complex consists o...

Trun

Rock-hewn Church "Sveta Petka"
Category: Church in Trun
The Medieval rock church St. Petka is situated in the locality Barintsi of town of Trun. The church is filled with mystery. According to the legend, St. Petka lived in the cave above the town of Tran after fierce persecution for her Christian fate. Later the cave was turned into a chapel and the sai...

Studen izvor

Museum of the Kiselo Mlyako (yogurt)
Category: Museum in Studen izvor
The Museum of the Bulgarian Kiselo Mlyako (yoghurt) in village of Studen Izvor (municipality of Trun) was opened in 2007. It is housed in a building near the birth-house of Dr Stamen Grigorov - the creator of Lactobacillus bulgaricus - the unique bacteria underlying the production of Bulgarian kisel...

Kladnitsa

Kladnitsa monastery St. Nicholas the Wondermaker
Category: Monastery in Kladnitsa
The Monastery "St. Nicholas Mirlikiyski Chudotvotvorets" (St. Nicholas the Wondermaker) is located in the southern part of the Vitosha Mountain, about 1 kilometer east of the village of Kladnitsa.There was other monastery in the region built in XIII century, but in its present form and at...

Pernik

Krakra fortress
Category: Fortress in Pernik
Krakra fortress is situated in the southwestern outskirts of the town of Pernik. It has strategic position and its key role was to keep the western border of the Bulgarian kingdom. During the X-th and XI-th centuries, the fortress became the main fortification of the local ruler, Krakra of Pernik. f...

Pernik

Fortress Ranchovo Gradishte
Category: Fortress in Pernik
The fortress Ranchovo Gradishte is located in Golo Bardo mountain, not far away from the Slavey hut - around 4 km south of town of Pernik. It is one of the many subsidiary fortresses, together with Goliamo Gradishte and Malko Gradishte, which were build around the fortress of Perink. Its mountain l...

Kladnitsa

Kladnitsa fortress "The Guard"
Category: Fortress in Kladnitsa
The remains of the Kladnitsa fortress are located of south-western slopes of the Vitosha mountain, near the village of Kladnitsa. The fortress was built on the hill and was naturally protected because there are very steep slopes around its three sides. Kladnitsa fortress was included in the system o...

Breznik

Monument of the died from the V-th Cavalry Regiment
Category: Memorial in Breznik
This Soldier`s monument in town of Breznik is located between the borders of the former military base. The monument is dedicated to died in the wars of 1912 - 1913, and 1915 - 1918 г. soldiers and officers from the V-Cavalry regiment. It was erected in 1923 after an idea of an organization c...

Zavala

Soldier`s memorial
Category: Memorial in Zavala
1995 in the village of Zavala was built a monument dedicated to the people from the village, died in the wars of Bulgaria in 1912-1913, 1915-1918, 1944-1945. The monument is made of concrete and has the shape of a pyramid.On the front side of the memorial is written: "To the herows from villa...

Dragichevo

Memorial of pershed in the Patriotic War 1944-1945
Category: Memorial in Dragichevo
This memorial is erected in Gorno Dragichevo (a neighborhood of Dragichevo village, located a few hundred meters northeast of the village center). It is dedicated to two villagers died in the War 1944 - 1945 year. These are: - Alexander Boyanov Tanev - born on 25.III.1923 - died on 22.X. 1944 in fi...

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