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The Thracian Tomb in Sveshtari /Sboryanovo/

The Thracian Tomb in Sveshtari /Sboryanovo/
One of the main centers of the political and religious life of the ancient Thracians was the present-day archaeological reserve Sboryanovo. In the Ancient Times the site was known under the name of Dausava and was described by Ptolemy as a settlement of the Geti tribe. In translation the town's name means "town of the…
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The Thracian Tomb in Kazanlak

The tomb was discovered in 1944. The frame of the tomb consists of a brick burial chamber with a bell-shaped dome of 3,25 m height and 2,65 m diameter of the foundation and a diameter of the truncated top of 0,47 m. The entrance of the tomb is a rectangular door, formed of huge hewn…
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The Madara horseman

It is located in Northeastern Bulgaria at a distance of 20 km from the town of Shumen. Hewn at a steep rock of 100 m height the relief is located at a distance of 75 m from the foundation of a vertical rock. In a natural size are depicted a horseman heading to the right,…
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The Boyana Church

The Boyana Church
The church is located in the capital of Bulgaria - Sofia. There can be discerned three construction stages of the church: The first stage - end of X c. - the beginning of XI c. The second stage - the middle of the XIII c. The third stage - during the XIX c. The Boyana…
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