Sights in Municipality Troyan

The "Church of St. Paraskeva" in town of Troyan was built in 1835 over the ruins of other chapel, called also "St. Petka". In 1877 the church was burned, and after the liberation of Bulgaria from Turkish youke it was restored with voluntary contributions and grants from the Troyan Monastery. The ...

The House-museum "Ivan Hadjiiski" in town of Troyan was renovated and modernized in 2007, the 100th anniversary of the eminent Bulgarian sociologist and journalist , founder of  the sociology in Bulgaria .In the house are exposed documents and artefacts related to the personality of Hadjiiski and ...

In 1991 the building of the Seryakova Kashta in town of Troyan - the house where George Seryakov (Gio), a revolutionary and a follower of Hristo Botev , a casualty from the 1876 battle at Milin Kamak - was placed at the disposal of the Troyan Painters Union to become their residence and a town art ...

The Troyan monastery "Uspenie Bogorodichno" is located on the banks of the River of Cherni Osam, near village of Oreshak (10 km away from Troyan). The monastery dates from the second half of the XVI century.Troyan monastery is the third largest monastery in Bulgaria. He is known primarily...

The Natural Science Museum in village of Cherni Osam (Troayn municipality) was established in 1956 by Iliya Hristov Iliev (the local teacher of Biology) who started to research and collect information to help his students from the Biology circle. Bit by bit the interesting collection starts to...

The fortress "Sostra" ("sostra" in ancient Greek means girdle, bandage, barrier) is a Roman military post, built over the ruins of a Thracian settlement. It is situated south-east of village of Lomets, 12 km. north of the town of Troyan and 28 km. south of Lovech, in the valley of the Osam ...

Kumanitsa cave is located in the lands of the village of Cherni Osam (Municipality Troyan, Lovech region). It is situated in the borders of Steneto reserve (Eastern Troyan Balkan) in the narrowest and most picturesque part of the canyon, over the beautiful waterfall "Big Kazan". The cave e...

The church "Voznesenie Christovo" ("Church of Ascension") in the village of Shipkovo was built by local masters and masters from the Tryavna Art School. It is built of stone without a dome and cross on the roof. The church has icons by Zachary Zograph, by different masters from Tryavna school and ...

Troyan region is well-known for its traditions in cultivation of plums and production of high quality plum rakia (brandy). As result, each autumn in Troyan is held a Plum Festival. Its main purpose is to attract and to give possibilities to the local people and producers to show their domestic ...

The mountain and ski resort of Beklemeto is located ate 1320m above sea level, around 20 km. away from the town of Troyan. It is a part of the Central Balkan National Park. The snow-retention here is about 170 days annually. There are plenty of hotels, resting houses and private villas. The place is...