Sights in Region North-Western

The House-Museum Baba Iliytsa (Grandmother Iliyca) is located in the center of the village of Chelopek (Vratsa region), on the way to Mount Okolchitsa. The museum was created in 2003 by a Committee of patriots and the village administration, with the help from Municipality of Vratsa and the memorial...

The Natural History Museum of Belogradchik is located in the park area of the town. This is the only museum of this kind in North-western Bulgaria. Its exposition contains 520 exhibits, while the total fund is 3000 objects related to the flora and fauna of this region of Bulgaria.In the museum are ...

The old religious school in village of Gumosthnik is located in the courtyard of the church "St. Nicholay Letni". It was founded in 1829 and is the only surviving "kiliyno" (religious, from bulgarian "kilya" - cell) school in Lovech district. During its existence the s...

The Regional Art Gallery in town of Vidin was founded in 1962 by the initiative of the local cultural and public figure Angel Budev. The current name Nikola Petrov is since 1976, when was the 60-year anniversary of the death of the great Vidin artist - Nikola Petrov. The gallery is housed in a ...

The Regional Historical Museum in Vratsa was officially opened in 1953. it is located in the central part of town of Vratsa. The museum is divided to different sections that track the stages of development of the region. The most valuable exhibits there are The Rogozen treasure and the treausre ...

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 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) ...

The "Museum of national crafts and applied arts" in town of Troyan is located at the central town square. It is housed in a building from 1881 - the first post-liberation public building in the town. The museum was inaugurated on 10.03.1968 on the occasion of 100 anniversary of declaring ...

The National Exhibition of crafts and arts is a major landmark of village of Oreshak (Troyan municipality). Exhibition complex was built in 1971 at an area of 50 decares and includes 9 exhibition halls with a total area of 4200 square meters. The museum is unique for the country, because here are d...

The House of Netzo in village of Lik dates from the XIX century and is well preserved today. In this house, in 1873, the great Bulgarian revolutionary Vasil Levski founded a revolutionary committee. There is a memorial plaque on the building facade, stating the event. ...