Sights in Municipality Rila

Nunnery "Orlica" to the Rila Monastery is located in northwest part of Rila mountain, on the right bank of the Rila River, about 2.5 km east of the town of Rila towards village of Pastra and Rila Monastery (18 km).The convent is a complex with trapezoidal shape. It consists of a church, a former inn...

The Rila monastery (real name is Monastery of Saint Ivan of Rila) is the largest and most famous Eastern Orthodox monastery in Bulgaria. It is located in Rila mountain, several kilomters east of town of Rila and 117km south of Sofia.The monastery was built in X-th century and nowadays the complex...

Alexi Rilets (1760-1850) was the first Bulgarian architect, master builder and woodcarver. He was born in Debar and died in the village of Rila (nowadays town), that is the reason a monument to be erected in town of Rila.The monument is located in the central part of the town, in beginning of the...