Sights in District Pernik

This six-century-old oak tree is located near the walls of the church "Virgin Birth" in the village of Nasalevtsi (region of Trun). The crown of the centuries-old wood is like walnut. It is assumed that the age of the tree is 638 years (to 2017). The location is considered sacred and the...

Village of Bosnek is located on the southern slopes of Vitosha Mountain, 45km southwest of Sofia. From the end of the village starts a marked path leading to a spring  called "The Living Water".The water gushes from beneath a stone dragon (or crocodile) head and is unique in that it pulsates - ...

The Ossuary-memorial in village of Yardzhilovtsi was built in 1957 by the local residents as a sign of gratitude to the locals gave their lives for the freedom of Bulgaria.The monument was built on the crossroads to remind everyone passing by here for Yardzhilovtsi heroes....

The unique monument of the Master of cobbles was open in village of Divlya (Zemen municipality) in 2011.At the beginning of the XX-th century men from Divlya were well-known as the best masters for paving of streets and squares. They did the paving-blocks in different towns and villages in Bulgaria...

Tsurnogorski monastery "St. Kozma and Damian" (aka "Giginski monastery" or "Chernogorski Monastery") is situated at the foot of Mount. Kitka (1118 m) in mountain in Cherna gora. The monastery is located about 4-5 km southeast of Gigintsi village, 16 km southwest of the town of Breznik and 52 km east...

Zhabliano Monastery "St. John the Baptist" is located in the Konyavska  Mountain (under Kurilovo peak), two kilometers south of the village of Jablyano, in the "Virova gradina" locality. The date of its creation is unknown. During the times of the Ottoman rule the monastery was destroyed and was r...

The Trun Gorge (also known as Lomnishki Gorge) is a gorge on River of Erma, located 3.5 km north of the town of Trun, near the village of Lomnitsa. Erma River runs through the territory of Serbia and Bulgaria and is entering at BG territory near the village of Strezimirovtsi and leaving the country...

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 ...

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...

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...