Historic sites

The Gagovo Tomb is a Thracian mound in Popovo Municipality, Targovishte Province, named after the nearby village of Gagovo in the same municipality. This mound and tomb have been designated a cultural monument of national significance and are protected by the state. The Thracian burial mound stands approximately 1,200 metres north-northeast of Gagovo.

Targovishte Province, near Popovo, 4th–3rd centuries BC

The Glozhene Monastery of St George the Victorious is a historical and cultural monument within the Diocese of Lovech of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church. It stands near the village of Glozhene in Teteven Municipality, Lovech Province, 12 km from Teteven, on the northeastern slope beneath the cliffs of Kamen Lisets Peak. According to tradition, the monastery was built in the early thirteenth century by the Kyivan prince Georgiy Glozh.

Near Glozhene, Lovech Province, Thirteenth century

The Golyama Arsenalka mound contains a Thracian cult building in the Valley of the Thracian Rulers. Discovered by Georgi Kitov, this tomb occupies an important place among Thracian domed tombs. It consists of a domed chamber and a rectangular antechamber with a pitched roof, framed by a monumental façade.

Near Shipka, 5th–4th centuries BC

The Helvetia mound contains a Thracian tomb uncovered in the Valley of the Thracian Rulers near Shipka. The tomb was built on the southern edge of the mound. The burial chamber and vestibule are covered by a corbelled vault of well-dressed blocks joined with iron clamps set in lead.

Stara Zagora Province, near Shipka, 5th–4th centuries BC

Hotalich is a medieval fortified town situated 4 km northwest of Sevlievo. It stands above the gorge of the River Rositsa on naturally fortified hilly terrain known as Krushevski Bair. It was founded in the 5th–6th centuries as a military fortification and restored in the 10th century by the Bulgarian state, which built defences to protect against attacks from the north and from Byzantium to the south.

Sevlievo, 17th century

The Vidin Synagogue, near Baba Vida Fortress in Vidin's Kaleto district, is an exceptionally significant architectural site of historical importance. Erected in 1894 with support from local Jews and the donor Hadzhi Nayden Kalachev, it is a cultural monument of national significance. The town's original synagogue was destroyed during the War of Liberation of 1877–1878.

Vidin, 1894

Kakrina Inn is a historic site in the village of Kakrina, Lovech Municipality, Bulgaria. It occupies an important place in the history of Vasil Levski and the Internal Revolutionary Organisation, as well as in the period of the liberation struggles. Vasil Levski stayed at the inn in Kakrina and was captured there by Turkish policemen on the morning of 27 December 1872.

Lovech Municipality, Kakrina village, 10 May 1931

The Kaleto Archaeological Complex lies at the southwestern edge of Mezdra, on a high rocky ridge overhanging the left bank of the Iskar River. This complex is exceptionally important to Bulgarian history because it contains traces of the entire span of human history from the Chalcolithic to the Middle Ages. Remains of two fortified settlements have been discovered on the hill occupied by Kaleto, dating from the end of the Chalcolithic, in the fifth millennium BC, and the transition to the Bronze Age, in the fourth millennium BC.

Mezdra, Vratsa Province, No information

Kamaka is the modern name of a medieval and Ottoman fortress built in the ninth century as part of the Danube defensive system of the First Bulgarian Empire. Its excavated structures, including the square two-storey tower, defensive wall and entrance, provide important information about medieval builders' architecture and engineering skills. The discoveries also support the study of life and customs in the settlement during different periods.

Oryahovo Municipality, Ninth–eleventh and twelfth–fourteenth centuries

Kerchan Bair is the historic locality where Tanyo Voivode's detachment fought its final battle. The detachment crossed the Danube at Tutrakan on 16 May 1876, alongside Hristo Botev's detachment, which crossed at Kozloduy. Pursued by a Turkish search party, the men reached the fateful place, and the voivode was killed in hand-to-hand fighting.

Targovishte Province, near Popovo, 1876

Koprivshtitsa, in western Bulgaria's Sofia Province, is an important historic site that played a significant role during the Bulgarian National Revival. Its unique history and status as the centre of Koprivshtitsa Municipality make it an integral part of the country's cultural heritage. The town is also known as the "Rebellious Capital of the Bulgarian National Revival", underlining its importance to national history.

Sofia Province, Koprivshtitsa, Around 1525

The Kovil prehistoric rock cult complex lies between the villages of Kovil, Dzhanka and Baratsi, between tributaries of the Krumovitsa and Dyushun Dere rivers. This complex is larger than other well-known rock cult complexes such as Perperikon, Belintash and Harman Kaya. Its central part is thought to lie in the Belite Skali area, where there are nine sanctuaries, although the criteria for distinguishing them are unclear.

Kardzhali Province, 14th–12th centuries BC