Sights in Region South-Western

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 Memorial Tomb of Alexander I of Battenberg (aka "Battenberg Mausoleum") is located at Vasil Levski Boulevard in city of Sofia. This is the mausoleum and final resting place of Prince Alexander I of Bulgaria (1857–1893), the first Head of State of modern Bulgaria. The memorial was ope...

Razboishte "Monastery of the Blessed Virgin" ("Vavedenie Bogorodichno") is situated on an elevation named Tupanitsa, 50 meters above the river Nishava, between the villages of  Razboishte, Berende and Chepurlintsi. The elevation consists of numerous rocks, caves and rock nic...

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...

The church "St. Nicholas" is located in the "Selishte" locality, 800 m northeast of the village of Golesh (Godech Municipality). It is an one-nave, one-apse construction, built of slab stones, cemented with red mortar....

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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Church of the village of Mirovo (Ihtiman Municipality) is named "Rojdestvo Bogorodichno" ("Virgin Birth") and is located at the end of the village, on the left side of the road for the town of Kostenets....

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....