Sights in Region South-Western

The Gorna Banya monastery Sts. Cyril and Methodius (also called "Lyulinski Monastery") is located some 3 km away from the Sofia district Gorna Banya, in the Lyulin Mountain. The monastery was founded in XIII-th century and in the past was "St. Kral" (King), because according th...

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...

The Monastery "St. Simeon the Stylite and St. Petka" near village of Ognyanovo (Elin Pelin municipality) is built with funds of the local villagers.According to legends, a woman from the village (the grandmother Elena) dreamed there must be built a monastery are this place , but the owner of the...

The Monastery "Holy Spirit" is located west of Godech, left of the road Godech - Dragoman. In the middle-ages at the same place, where today`s monastery is built, there was a church, foundations of which and a votive cross were discovered. In 1945-1946, with funds from donations, was built...

Kalugeritsa rock sanctuary is located in valley of Smolska river, between the villages of Baylovo and Smolsko. It is a complex of four (most likely in the past there have been more) caves in travertine rock, which are situated in the lower parts (from 5 to 15 meters above the local erosion basis) of...

Bukorovski Monastery "St. George" is located about 1.5 km north of the village of Bukorovtsi and west of the village of Tuden. Near the monastery were found remains of an old village cemetery from a late medieval church. The construction of the current monastery began in the early XX...

The Mosque "Fatih Sultan Mehmed" in town of Kyustendil (aka "Shaldarvanska Mosque") is located in the central part of town. It is named after the Ottoman Sultan Mehmed II, known by the name "el-Fatih" (the Conqueror). It is believed that the mosque dates back to XV century. It was built by one of ...

The church St.St.Cyril and Methodius is located in the real center of Sofia and is devoted to the Cyril and Methodius brothers (creators of Slavic alphabet) and their five disciples Kliment, Naum, Sava, Gorazd, and Angelariy. The church was built over the ruins the former Black Mosque in the b...

According to a legend, there was a large church in village of Dragushinovo that was bear away by the flood waters of the Iskar river. Left without a church the local people decided to build a new one and so, in the middle of the XIXth century (1869), during several years, has been built the current ...

Church of Saint Martyr Mina in Kyustendil was built in 1934 adjacent to the former Renaissance church of St. Mina. This is one of the most representative churches in Bulgaria that impress with its architecture. The building has two floors and is decorated with cornices and facade ornaments. There a...