Sights in District Pernik

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 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 ...

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...

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...

The monastery "St.Spas" and its church of "Ascension" are among the main attractions of the village of Gorna Vrabcha. The cloister was founded in XIV-XVI centuries and consists of church and residential buildings. ...

The monastery "St.Spas" and its church of "Ascension" are among the main attractions of the village of Gorna Vrabcha. The cloister was founded in XIV-XVI centuries and consists of church and residential buildings. ...

Jablyano monastery "St. John the Baptist" is located at the foot of Koniavska Mountain (under the Kurilovo peak), only 2 km southwards of Jablyano village. There is no information when the monastery was founded. As many of Bulgarian monasteries this was also destroyed during the Ottoman...

Divotinski monastery is located near the village of Divotino in Lyulin Mountain, about 2 km southwest of Mihaylovo neighborhood of Bankya.The monastery was founded in X century. During the Ottoman rule it was destroyed and rebuilt again in the XIX century (1875).The monastery complex consists of a...