Sights in District Kyustendil

The house-museum "Dimitar Peshev " in town of Kyustendil is restored in same look as the house where was lived Dimitar Peshev - a Bulgarian politician, well- known with his role in the rescue of the Bulgarian Jews.The house is located in the center of town, behind the Art Gallery "Vladimir Dimitrov...

The house-museum "Ilyo Voyvoda" is located in town of Kyustendil. It was built in 1870 and in the period of 1878-1898 here was lived Ilyo - an active Bulgarian, member in the national liberation movement and leader of volunteer squad in the Russo-Turkish War of 1877-1878.There was nad a restoration...

The Regional Historical Museum of Kyustendil is an inheritor of opened in 1897 school-museum to the town`s Pedagogical school which in 1908 became a part of the local community center "Bratstvo". Since 1992 it is called "Academician Jordan Ivanov", after the name of the great Bulgarian scholar....

Art Gallery "Vladimir Dimitrov-The Master" in Kyustendil is included in the list of The hundred tourist sites of Bulgaria.It was established in 1944 in the Ahmed Bey mosque. The Initiative was of Dragan Lozenski, Cyril Tsonev and Dr. Georgi Efremov. The base of the galley were  50 works o...

The Emfiedzhieva house-musum in the town of Kyustendil was built in 1874 and was owned by Hristo Lazov - Kazandjiyata . He was a master and a prominent member of the Bulgarian ecclesiastical society.The house is located at the foot of the park "Hisarlaka" in the center of the neighborhood "Lozenets...

The museum complex "Saint George" in Kyustendil was officially opened on 18.09.2009 with the exhibition "Renaissance icons and church plates and printed books". The complex includes the church "St. George" and the former Renaissance school in Kyustendil, which has been restored for this...

Near the church "Assumption" in Kyustendil, in 1820, was built the first Bulgarian school in this town. This was a small, so called "Cell" school (so are called all of the primary schools during the Ottoman rule). The school has had one room and it was under managaments of the church. There were ...