Sights in District Lovech

The monastery "Holy Trinity" (nunnery) in "Novo selo" (hamlet of Apriltsi) is relatively small. The complex consists of a one-domed church and a chapel "St.Ivan Rilski".It was founded in 1830 as a family monastery and its first inhabitants were 40 nuns from the neighboring villages. The monastery ...

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 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 Glozhene Monastery St. Georgi Pobedonosets is situated near the village of Glozhene, 12 km north-west from the town of Teteven. Seen from below it is like a castle on the rocks, near the Lisets summit in Stara planina. According to the legend the monastery was built in the 13th century by the...

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 ...

The Teteven Monastery St. Elias is situated at southern foots of Ostrets Peak - north-eastern part of town of Teteven. It was built in the times of the Second Bulgarian State.The monastery has an interesting architecture. The walls of the altar are semicircular, forming a trefoil.  In the temple a...

The Church "St. Nicholay Letni" in village of Gumoshtnik was built during the Ottoman rule - in 1839. The strange thing is that it was constructed large and impressive, in contrast to other churches in Bulgaria from that time, which according an Ottoman law have been made small and buried...

The Church Of St. The Archangel Michael in the village of Vrabevo is located in the central part of the village. It was built at the end of the XVIII-th century with voluntary labour and resources of local people.The church was consecrated and inaugurated by the Bishop of Lovech - Parteniy, on No...

In the locality of Gyaur Bair (North of the village of Vrabevo), with the sponsorship of the pharmaceutical company Sopharma AD, was built a Chapel "Saint Panteleimon" and was raised a 16-metre tall cross. The chapel has frescoes by the famous artist Krassimir Makrasa....

This Thracian sanctuary was situated on the highest part of the summit Chuchul (1379 m) in the Balkan Mountains, near today Troyan Pass - east of Beklemeto. At the very top there are 2 platforms. The first covers 80% of the summit and has the shape of a semi-arc. In its southern section, it is 45...