Sights in District Sofia-city

The Church "St. Petka Paraskeva" in village Voluyak is declared monument of culture. It is located west of the two Thracian mounds. The village profess mainly Orthodox faith and there was a church from the very old times.The current church was built two years after the liberation of Bulgaria from...

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 ...

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...

"St Nicolai Church" (also known as "The Rusian church") is one of the prettiest churches in Sofia. It was built by Russian workmen in 1912 and dedicated to St Nicholas, "the miracle worker". The exterior has bright yellow tiles and the domes are covered with emerald...

Podgumer Monastery St.Dimitar is located in a small valley in the south foot of the Sofia Mountain of West Balkan Mountain, around 5km north-east of village of Podgumer and 7km east of town of Novi Iskar. It was built probably in XIII-th century and till nowadays was destroyed and restored many...