Sights in Municipality Stolichna

Katina pyramids are the most famous sightseeing of the village of Katina. These are located north-east of the village and are Earth formations formed as a result of erosions. The most attractive are the pyramids in the valley of "Golemiat dol" (The Big Glen), which in the past reached a ...

The Kurilo Monastery St. Ivan Rilski is situated at the beginning of the Iskar Gorge, on the right bank of Iskar River, 1km north-eastern of Kurilo (a quarter of Novi Iskar town) and 15 km away from Sofia.  It was founded in IX-X-th century, near the old Bulgarian fortress Beligrad. The Monastery i...

The Boyana Church (Boyanska tsarkva) is a medieval Bulgarian Orthodox church situated on the outskirts of Sofia in the quarter of Boyana. It is built in the late X-th or early XI-th century. The church is famous with its frescoes from 1259. They form a second layer over the paintings from earlier...

Alexander Nevski Cathedral in city of Sofia was built in 1912 in honour of the Russian and Ukrainian casualties of the 1877-78 War of Liberation from Ottoman Rule. It is one of the finest pieces of architecture in the Balkans. The cathedral has a gold-dome and icons, frescoes, murals and huge ...

"The Museum of the Socialist Art" (also called "Museum of the Totalitarian Art") in Sofia was opened on 19/09/2011. It is located in the metropolitan area between buildings Traffic Police (KAT) and the National Investigation Service. The museum is unique in the Europe and the...

Kokalyane Monastery of St. Archangel Michael (aka "Urvich monastery") is located in Plana mountain, at the foot of Mount Manastirishte (1338 m), about 4 km south of the village Kokalyane and about 6 kilometers north-east of the village of Zheleznitsa. The monastery was built in XI century...

Kremikovtsi monastery is located 3km above Sofia`s quarter of Kremikovtsi, north-east of the center of Sofia city, in the southern slopes of Stara planina mountain. It was founded during the XIV-th century, probably due to Tzar Ivan Alexander (1333-1371), when 14 monasteries known as the "Sofia...

Church St Sofia (Sveta Sofia) in city of Sofia is a basilica built in 4th-6th century during the reign of Justinian. It has survived intact with 1600- year-old mosaic details and towards the end of the C14 gave the city its name. Beside the wall of the church is the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier....

The Monastery Saint Spas (also called "Dolnolozenski monastery") is located 5 km southeast of the village of Dolni Lozen (Sofia Municipality). It is situated among a dense oak forest, at the foot of the Lozen mountain, just below the Polovrak Peak (1182 m). In its vicinity there are...

The medieval fortress of Urvich is a located in Lozen mountain (on hill of Sredobardie), south of village of Kokalyane. The fortress was built during the XIII century in the time of the Second Bulgarian Empire.Preserved today are parts of the outside wall with a height up to 6 m. and parts of the...