Sights in District Montana

This house-museum in town of Berkovitsa is devoted to the great Bulgarian writer and poet Ivan Vazov (called also "the patriarch of the Bulgarian literature"). From March 1879 until September 1880 Ivan Vazov was chairman of the Berkovitsa District Court. In 1957 his house (aka ...

Chutch "St. Ascension" in village of Asparuhovo (municipality Medkovets) was built around 1932....

The remains of the fortress Castra ad Montanesium are located in south-western edge of town of Montana (Northwestrn - Bulgaria), about 40 m above the level of the town. The archaeological excavations in the region have revealed a gate with a big tower (a brilliant example of III - IV century f...

The Historical Museum of Montana was established in 1951 as Museum of the September uprising. It is located in the city center and contains many artifacts relating to the history of the region. The museum has number of immovable cultural monuments from the period V-VI century BC - XX century AD. In...

The church "Virgin Birth" in Berkovitsa was built in the XVIII century. It was demolished and rebuilt in 1835. The iknostas was carved by Stoycho Fandakov from Samokov and gilded in 1843. The icons were painted by Dimitar Zograph also from Samokov. The church holiday is on 8 September, when the ...

The Open-air Archaeologists exposure (the Lapidarium) in town of Montana is located in the park "Popskata gradina", next to the church "St. St. Cyril and Methodius". The exhibition is part of the Montana Historical Museum and was opened in 2001. It includes a large number (56) ...

Over the entrance of the church of "St. Nicola" in village of Mokresh there is a nice marble slab with an inscription, embossed with a relief, that represents Diana hunting. The slab is 150 cm high and 73 cm wide. In the corners of the stab, like a frame, vine leaves and grapes are carved....

In the village of Mokresh was erected a soldier monument. It was built in honor of the fallen soldiers from the region during the First World War....

The church "St. Nikola" in village of Slivovik was built in 1881. It keeps the throne stone of the demolished in 1850 during Belogradchik uprising monastery "St. Prophet Elijah". Once it was once among the largest monasteries in North-western Bulgaria and was located near the ...

The clock-tower is located in the center of Berkovica at one of the corners of Yordan Radichkov square. It is one of the oldest clock towers in Bulgaria (built 1762 - 1764) which have working clock-mechanism. The tower impresses with a solid construction. It is 21.24 meters high and has a clean ar...