Sights in Region North-Western

On 10-th of December Pleven celebrates its official holiday. The date is related with the Russian-Turkish war and the battle for the liberation of Pleven, which gained a strategic importance and focused the attention of the world public for 5 months. Huge military troops of the two Empires were ...

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....

Via Ferrata ("road with irons", from Via - road and Ferrata - Iron, Metal) is an adventure for the fans of the adrenaline. This is a mountain route which is equipped with a special equipment (fixed cables, stemples, ladders, bridges, ropes, railings, etc.)."Lednitsata" is the...

Castra Martis fortress is situated on the teritory of the nowadays town of Kula. The site was part of the Roman province  of Dacia. It was built in the beginning of 4th century AD under the reign of Emperor Diocletianus I on the sheer slope above the defile of the Voinishka river, where nowadays i...

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....

Morovitsa cave is located near the village of Glozhene (municipality of Teteven), 2 km away from the Glozhene monastery of "St. George Pobedonosets". Morovica is one of the longest caves in Bulgarian - 3025 meters underground galleries. The cave has two storey. It begins with a large...

Rally-cross "Lovech" is part of the national automobile championship of Bulgaria. The stage near Lovech is carried out on the route in the village of Bahovitsa. The route is a specialized and licensed and is one of the best in Bulgarian. It is 1152 m long, 14.5 meters wide at the start,...

The church "Sveti Atanas Veliki" ("St. Athanasius the Great") in the village of Lik dates back to 1882. Currently (2012) the church is in poor condition and is open occasionally to conduct services....