Sights in District Sofia

The Batuliyski Monastery "Saint Nicholas" is located on the eponymous hill about a kilometer from the center of Batulia village.The current church of monastery was consecrated in 1911 by the Sofia Metropolitan Partenii. It was built on the site of an ancient church, destroyed during the Ottoman...

The current building of the church "Sv. Nikolay the Miracle Worker" in village of Vakarel was built between 1902 and 1903, with funds of local people. It is located in the central part of the village.The temple has rectangular form with three naves and is among the largest in the Sofia diocese....

Pravets monastery "St. Teodor Tiron" is located in the foothills of Etropole Mountain, about 2-3 km away of Pravets, on the road to Etropole. This is a Bulgarian Orthodox monastery, part of the vicarage of Botevgrad, Lovchanski Diocese of Bulgarian Orthodox Church.In the ancient times there was a...

The Monastery "St. Petka" is located in the northeastern part of the town of Svoge. It was founded at the end of XII century (1118) during the Second Bulgarian Kingdom.The complex consists of an old church "St. Petka", a new three-nave parish church "St. Peter and Paul" and residential buildings.The...

Chekotinski "Monastery of St. Archangel Michael" is located along the Iskar River near the hamlet Chekotin (hence its name), west of Kalugerovo village (Pravets municipality). It was built during the Second Bulgarian Kingdom - in the end of XII or beginning of XIII century. About 4-5 km ...

Garvan kamak (means raven stone) is a rocky peak and a landmark located south of the highway Trakia, not far away from the village of Novi Han. After the name of the peak is named the whole area.The rock is located about 700 meters from the shelter Studenitsa, near to the path leading to the shelter...

The Monastery "St. 40 Martyrs" ("Sveti 40 Machenitsi") near village of Vrachesh (Botevgrad municipality) is located amidst gorgeous scenery of the Balkan Mountain, 5km west from the center of the village. The monastery was founded during the Second Bulgarian kingdom in XIII ...

Church "Saint Dimitar Thessalinian Wonder Worker" in town of Godech is dated to XVII century. During the Ottoman domination it was destroyed by kardjalii and was restored again in 1836 with a donation of local donors. Right at the entrance, high in the construction, there is a stone with...

The five-six hundred meters north of the Dragushinovo village, at the right from the road to village of Zlokuchene, is situated  the "Boyoov dol" locality. The region is a historic and there are lot of sagas and legends about it.In the beginning of the XXI-st century there was built a ...

Osenovlak monastery "Virgin Mary" (better known under the name "The Seven Thrones monastery") is located 7 km north-west of the village of Osenovlag. It is situated in the gorge of the Gabrovitsa river, in the northern part of the Balkan Mountains, under Mount Izmerets. About the...