Sights in Municipality Kostenets

The Orthodox Church "Vsi Svetih" ("All of Saints") is located in village Ochusha (20 km away from town of Kostenets). This is one of the oldest churches in the region. In the temple are preserved icons painted in 1859....

The chapel "Assumption of Virgin Mary" is located in the are "Gorna Tsarkva" ("Upper church") in village of Kostenets, about 2 km. by Kostenski waterfall. It was built on the ruins of an existing old Christian basilica from V century, whose outlines are revealed and can...

St. Michael Church in village of Kostenets is the largest one (by size) in the Ihtiman clerical district. It is a three-nave domed basilica built in 1854. The church has well-preserved wall-paintings and books aged at more than a century. The holiday of St. Michael church in village Kostenets is a...

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The Monastery of The Ascension (also known as Monastery of "St. Spas") is situated 6km away from the village of Gorna Vaslitsa, in a picturesque area under the peak Benkovski in Eledzhik Mountain (Ihtimanska Sredna gora). The monastery dates to XII-XIV centuries but during the Ottoman rule...

The temple St. Pateleymon is located in Momin Prohod (Kostenets municipality) on the left of the road to town of Kostenets coming from the village Mirovo (and Sofia - Plovdiv highway). This is a relatively new church, which impresses with its beautiful mural paintings and images of rare saints....

The construction of the church "St. Martyr George" ("Sv.Velikomachenik George") in town of Kostenets was started in July 1928. The temple was completed and officially inaugurated in September 1932. The church has beautiful carved altar and bishop`s throne. There is a fountain and...

The Chapel of St. Elijah near of village of Podgorie (Kostenets municipality) dates from 1924. The church has a large yard with sheds and tables, and each year, at the patron saint`s day, here is organized sabor (a fair)....

Church of St. John the Baptist is situated in the hamlet "New neighborhood" of village of Gorna Vasilitsa. The church was built in 1855 and is one of the oldest in the municipality of Kostenets. It has remarkable frescoes and a bell tower....