Sights in Municipality Botevgrad

The Memorial ossuary in village of Skravena keeps the remains of ten Botev rebels who in 1876 were killed and beheaded by the Turks. The memorial complex was built in 1982 and is located on the main square in the center of the village. It has free entrance. The Charnel house in Skravena was d...

Georgi Asparuhov (aka Gundi) and Nikola Kotkov are great Bulgarian footballers who on June 30, 1971 died tragically in a car accident near Vitinya Pass in the Stara Planina Mountain. Near the place of their death was erected a memorial plaque in their honor....

Hristo Botev (January 6, 1848 - June 2, 1876) is great Bulgarian historical figure, poet, revolutionary and national hero. In 1934 the modern town of Botevgrad was renamed from Orhanie to its current name in honor of Hristo Botev....