Sights in Region South-Western

The sanctuary "Skrinbina" is located in the Western Rhodope Mountains, near the village of Kribul, municipality of Satovcha, 1157 meters above the sea level. The place is known among local people under name "The Stone". It represents a stone arch that is pierced high in the...

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 church "St. Demetrios" in village of Brezhani (Simitli municipality) was built in 1847.The church is made by stones and its yard is surrounded by a cement wall. There are no paintings, because it was burnt twice in the past. The icons in the church were donated by the faithful.The bell-tower w...

Nunnery "Orlica" to the Rila Monastery is located in northwest part of Rila mountain, on the right bank of the Rila River, about 2.5 km east of the town of Rila towards village of Pastra and Rila Monastery (18 km).The convent is a complex with trapezoidal shape. It consists of a church, a former inn...

"St.St. Cyril and Methodius" church in village of Bagrentsi was built in 1885 by the master George Manchov from village of Poletintsi. The temple was built with donations from the Russian soldiers. When leaving Kyustendil they give to the village an Orthodox Cross and some money for construction of...

Tsurnogorski monastery "St. Kozma and Damian" (aka "Giginski monastery" or "Chernogorski Monastery") is situated at the foot of Mount. Kitka (1118 m) in mountain in Cherna gora. The monastery is located about 4-5 km southeast of Gigintsi village, 16 km southwest of the town of Breznik and 52 km east...

Church "Uspenie Bogorodichno" ("Assumption of the Virgin") in village of Karpelevo was built in the 40s of XIX century. The building has a large pseudo-basilica, dug into the ground.The church has no murals, but its iconostasis and the wooden ceilings have high artistic value.Church in Karpelevo...

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....

St. Nicholas Church in Sapareva banya is located in the park in the city center. It was built in XII-XIII century. In 1838 the local people want to build a new church nearby and then were found remains of another, larger church. It is assumed that this church was demolished at the beginning of...

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...