Sights in Region South-Western

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 ...

Jablyano monastery "St. John the Baptist" is located at the foot of Koniavska Mountain (under the Kurilovo peak), only 2 km southwards of Jablyano village. There is no information when the monastery was founded. As many of Bulgarian monasteries this was also destroyed during the Ottoman...

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...

Church of St. George is the main landmark of village Zlatolist (Sandanski Municipality). In the beginning of the last century there was lived a nun - Prepodobna Stoina, who was a prophetess and helped people. She is considered a precursor of the famous Bulgarian prophet Baba Vanga. Under the church ...

The Bistritsa Monastery St. Petka is located in the Kalugerovi Livadi district (Vitosha mountain), in the northwestern outskirts of the Bistritsa village, around 15 km away from the capital Sofia. The monastery was constructed in X-th century, but was destroyed during the Ottomans in XIV-th century....

The orthodox Church "St. Elijah" in village of Bratushkovo was built in 1904, but during the period of the socialism in Bulgaria it was declined and almost destroyed. In 2003 it was reconstructed with voluntary funds of the local population.The church holiday is July 20 - the day of St....

The church "Sveta Petka Bulgarska" near village of Rupite was built between 1992 - 1994 year in behest of the world famous Bulgarian prophetess Vanga. The project is of the architects Bogdan Tomalevski and Lozan Lozanov. The official dedication of the temple is on 14.10.1994. and was made by the...

The Rozhen Monastery "Rozhdestvo Bogorodichno" ("Nativity of the Mother of God") is located west of village of Rojen. It is the biggest monastery in Pirin mountain and is very well preserved until today. It was built by the Melnik ruler despot Despot Alexius Slav during the ...

The construction of the monastery complex near temple of Vanga (Sveta Petka Bulgarska) began in 2002. Initiator of the project is a foundation Vanga. Authors of the project are the architects Lozan Lozanov, Bogdan Tomalevski and Atanas Panov.The monastery complex consists of: - Exhibition Hall,...

The Etropole monastery "Holy Trinity" (also called Varovitets because of the limestone used for the construction of the monastery church) is situated in the Stara Planina Mountain, in the foot of Cherni Vrakh summit (1070 m) ,2 km. south of Ribaritsa and 5 km. east of Etropole. The...