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The Holy Mother Step
Category: Rock-formation in Starozagorski bani
The Holy Mother Step is a big concave rock having the form a human step. It is located near the Stara Zagora mineral baths, in district with same name. The region has high bio-energy power and the local people believe that it helps curing a lot of illnesses. A chapel "Nativity of Holy Virgin M...

Kazanluk

Thracian Tomb of Kazanlak
Category: Archaeological site in Kazanluk
The Kazanlak Thracian Crypt (aka Kazanlak tomb) is a monument of exceptionally great worth, discovered in 1944 beneath a mound in the vicinity of the town of Kazanlak (north-east direction). It is representative of the Thracian architectural and pictorial art from the end of the 4 th and the beginn...

Shipka

Shipka Memorial Temple
Category: Memorial in Shipka
Shipka Memorial Temple (ака "Memorial Temple of the Birth of Christ", "Shipka monastery" or in Bulgarian: "Hram-pametnik Rozhdestvo Hristovo") is located just north of town of Shipka at the southern foothills of Stara Planina, 12 km Northwest from the town of Kazanl...

Stara Zagora

The horse and equestrain sport museum
Category: Museum in Stara Zagora
The Museum of the horse and equestrian sport in town of Stara Zagora was opened in 2010. It is a successor of the founded in 1971 by Professor Rangel Karaivanov "Museum of the Horse" which was housed in a building of Higher Institute of Veterinary Medicine and Zootechnics, Sofia. This muse...

Buzovgrad

Thracian Rock Sanctuary "The Door of the Goddess"
Category: Archaeological site in Buzovgrad
"The door of the goddess" (also known as "The sun door") is one of the most ancient Thracian sanctuaries found in the Bulgarian lands. It is located south of the village of Buzovgrad and can be reached by a well marked eco-path starting from the village. The Megalith dating from ...

Shipka

Tomb of Seuthes III in mound of Golyamata Kosmatka
Category: Archaeological site in Shipka
The Thracian mound "Golyamata Kosmatka" ("The big Kosmatka") is located southeast of the town of Shipka and east of the village of Sheynovo, about 1 km from the main road between Kazanlak and Shipka. In 2004, durring a study of the mound, the archaeologist Georgi Kitov and his te...

Stara Zagora

Memorial complex Stara Zagora Defenders of 1877
Category: Memorial in Stara Zagora
The memorial to "Stara Zagora Defenders of 1877" (aka Memorial "Samarsko Zname") is located in a park in north-eastern part of city of Stara Zagora and is visible from almost anywhere in the city. It is dedicated to the battles for Stara Zagora from 31 July 1877, during the Russ...

Stara Zagora

Regional History Museum Stara Zagora
Category: Museum in Stara Zagora
The Regional Historical Museum in city of Stara Zagora was created in 1907 to preserve the numerous archaeological findings from the city and its surrounding area. The museum has one of the world richest collections of prehistoric art (including two Neolithic dwellings, the best preserved in Europe...

URL: http://museum.starazagora.net/

Zlatna livada

Monastery St.Atanasiy
Category: Monastery in Zlatna livada
It is believed that the monastery "St. Athanasius" near the village of Zlatna Polyana (15 km away of town of Chirpan) is the oldest in Europe. It was founded in 344 by St.Athanasios - one of the greatest enlightener for the purity of the Orthodox faith in these times. Studies in the Vatica...

Ovoshtnik

Aqua park Waterland
Category: Aquapark in Ovoshtnik
The Waterland aquapark is located in village of Ovoshtnik (near town of Kazanlak). It was built in 2006 in the immediate vicinity of the hot springs (Mineral Baths Ovoshtnik) and all of the pools are filled with mineral water. The water complex has 4 water-slides, 5 pools (one of them with artificia...

URL: http://www.waterland-bg.com/

Kazanluk

History Museum ISKRA
Category: Museum in Kazanluk
Historical Museum ISKRA in town of Kazanlak was established in 1901. It shows history of region of Kazanlak in different periods - Prehistory, Ancient times, Revival, Modern History and Recent History.The Main collections exhibited in the museum are: collection of coins (ancient, medieval, modern),...

URL: http://muzei-kazanlak.org/

Shipka

Shipka Monument of The Liberty
Category: Memorial in Shipka
Shipka Monument (aka "Monument of The Liberty") is a monumental construction, located at Shipka summit in Stara Planina mountain, north of town of Shipka. The memorial complex was erected in memory of the fallen Bulgarian volunteers and Russian soldiers during the Shipka battles in the sum...

Stara Zagora

Antique Forum Augusta Trayana
Category: Archaeological site in Stara Zagora
The Antique Forum of Augusta Trayana is situated in the very centre of Stara Zagora, behind the Palace of Justice and the Old Theatre. It is one of the most monumental facilities built in the Antique Roman city of Ulpia Augusta Trayana.The Antique Forum Complex includes: the western gate of Augusta...

Kazanluk

Museum of rose
Category: Museum in Kazanluk
The Museum of rose is located in the building of the previous Institute of the Rose in town of Kazanlak. It is a branch of Historical Museum "Iskra". The museum owns an unique articles related to the traditional rose-oil production since 1660 as photos and documents of merchants of rose-oi...

Nikolaevo

Fortress Assara
Category: Fortress in Nikolaevo
Asara Fortress is early Byzantine fortress, located north of town of Nikolaevo, at hill with the same name (Asara). The castle had a great strategic location and an excellent visibility in all directions. Its main task was to guard the pass "Hainboaz".The fortress was with three rows of ...

Shipka

Thracian Necropolis Helvetia
Category: Archaeological site in Shipka
The Thracian Necropolis Helvetia is located southeast of the town of Shipka, in the area known as "Valley of the Thracian Kings". The complex was discovered in 1996 by the archaeologist Georgi Kitov in studies sponsored by the Swiss Helvetia Foundation. In these excavations were discovered...

Pavel banya

The Old Elm Tree
Category: Parks & Gardens in Pavel banya
The Old Elm Tree is one of the symbols of the town of Pavel Banya. The Ancient tree was included in the list of the protected natural areas. Unfortunately, in the early 90s, due to sickness of Elms as a tree specie, many of the trees in entire Europe, including that in Pavel Banya, wither.In 2002...

Stara Zagora

Eski Mosque
Category: Mosque in Stara Zagora
Eski Mosque (Eski Dzhamiya) in city of Stara Zagora was built in 1904 on the base of existing Medieval Christian church. Recent archaeological excavations revealed that before the church there had been a Thracian sanctuary.The mosque has beautiful mural paintings and several inscriptions inside.Esk...

Shipka

Buzludzha Monument
Category: Memorial in Shipka
Buzludja monument is located on peak of Hadji Dimitar (1441 meters) in Stara Planina mountain, north-east of town of Shipka. Until 1942 the name of the peak was Buzludja and is wide known with it old name. The place is historical because there were happened 2 very important events from the Bulga...

Shipka

Thracian Necropolis Grifonite
Category: Archaeological site in Shipka
The Thracian tomb from the Griffins mound is located in the so-called "Valley of the Thracian Kings", southeast of the town of Shipka. The mound was discovered by Bulgarian archaeologist Georgi Kitov in 1996, when archeological studies in the region were made. The studies were sponsored by...

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