Sights in District Sofia

The church "St. St. Cyril and Metodiy" in Slivnitsa is located about 300 meters south of town center. The temple occupies an area of ​​2660 m2 and was built on land donated in 1878 by the locals Kalcio Georgiev Traykov and Mihalko Georgiev Simakov. Funds for the construction were don...

Bojenishki Urvich is a medieval fortress located on high mountain hill near village Bojenitsa (region of Botevgrad). It was built in V and destroyed in XIV century. The citadel was accessible only from the north direction (were nowadays village of Bozhenitsa is situated). Archaeological studies have...

The Monuments of Captain Vasil Danadzhiev and lieutenant Ivan Bobev are situated near the walls of the church "St. St.Kiril and Metodiy" where the heroes were buried after their deaths in the fighting of Slivnitsa in a Bulgarian-Serbian war in 1885.The memorials has shape of small...

The fortress Chertigrad is located 3 kilometers south-east of village of Brusen and 3 kilometers north-east from the village of Yamna (Etropole municipality), which appears to be the most convenient starting point to the fortress. Because the terrain is really difficult, the fortress can be r...

On December 1 Botevgrad municipality celebrates its official public holiday. On this date in 1934 the town was renamed from the Turkish Orhanie to Botevgrad, after the great Bulgarian revolutionary Hristo Botev. There are musical and cultural events on this date in Botevgrad....

In village of Ognyanovo (Elin Pelin municipality) was built a memorial in honor of the fallen for the freedom of Bulgaria. The conception and organization of this monument came from General Stefan Iliev Stefanov, who was mayor of the village. Every year, on 2 September, the local people give ...

The monument of Dyado (grandfather) Pune in Slivnitsa was erected in recognition of his fellow villagers.Paun Kolev Zlatkov (1828-1919) (aka Dyado Pune), was one of the most prominent donors in Slivnitsa. Dyado Pune was donated lots of the funds (in money and lands) for the construction and the...

This Church Nativity of the Virgin is located south of the town of Samokov, left of the road to ski resort of Borovets. The church is known also as Beliova church, because according to someone it was a small private temple of a local feudal named Belyo.The Church of Nativity of the Virgin is the ...

In 1995, on the occasion of the 110-anniversary of the Unification of Bulgaria and the Serbian-Bulgarian War (1885), in the building of the Military Club in Slivnitsa was opened а Military Museum dedicated to the First Infantry Division of Sofia.Address of the Museum: town of Slivnitsa , 48, Pai...

The Monastery "St. Nicholas Letni" is located in the region of Godech, north of Komshtitsa village, between neighborhoods of Trap and Molak. This place was religious site since the ancient times. The oldest remains found there are of a Roman temple with two altar. After the III century, at...