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Bulgaria UNESCO world heritage sites

Blagoevgrad province [capital = Blagoevgrad]

Pirin National Park in Vihren @
The diverse limestone mountain landscapes of the property include over 70 glacial lakes and a range of glacial landforms, with many waterfalls, rocky screes and caves. Forests are dominated by conifers, and the higher areas harbour alpine meadows below the summits.

Burgas province [capital = Burgas]

Ancient City of Nessebar @
The city's remains, which date mostly from the Hellenistic period, include the acropolis, a temple of Apollo, an agora and a wall from the Thracian fortifications. Among other monuments, the Stara Mitropolia Basilica and the fortress date from the Middle Ages, when this was one of the most important Byzantine towns on the west coast of the Black Sea. Wooden houses built in the 19th century are typical of the Black Sea architecture of the period.

Gabrovo province [capital = Gabrovo]

Central Balkan National Park in Peeshti skali
See Lovech province.

Kyustendil province [capital = Kyustendil]

Monastery Complex of Rila at Orlitsa Convent + Pchelino Convent + Rila Monastery + St. Luke Hermitage + Grave of St. Ivan Rilsk
With its architecture, frescos etc. it represents a masterpiece of the creative genius of the Bulgarian people. Architectural styles have been preserved on the property as historical monuments of considerable time span (11th-19th c.). The basic architectural appearance is now one of the peak examples of building craftsmanship of the Balkan peoples from the early 19th c.

Lovech province [capital = Lovech]

Central Balkan National Park in Boatin + Tsarichina + Kozya Stena + Steneto (Stara reka) + Severen Dzhendem
It is home of rare and endangered wildlife species and communities, self-regulating ecosystems of biological diversity, as well as historical sites of global cultural and scientific significance.

Plovdiv province [capital = Plovdiv]

Central Balkan National Park in Karlovo at Dzhendema Reserve
See above.

Razgrad province [capital = Razgrad]

Thracian Tomb in Sveshtari on Isperih
The tomb has a unique architectural decor, with polychrome half-human, half-plant caryatids and painted murals. The 10 female figures carved in high relief on the walls of the central chamber and the decoration of the lunette in its vault are the only examples of this type found so far in the Thracian lands.

Ruse province [capital = Ruse]

Rock-Hewn Churches in Ivanovo @
The monastery complex owes much of its fame to 13th- and 14th century frescoes, preserved in 5 of the churches, which are thought of as wonderful examples of Bulgarian mediaeval art. The rock premises used by the monks include the St Archangel Michael Chapel ("The Buried Church"), the Baptistery, the Gospodev Dol Chapel, the St Theodore Church ("The Demolished Church") and the main Church, with the 14th century murals in the latter one being arguably the most famous of all in Ivanovo and noted as some of the most representative examples of Palaeologan art.

Silistra province [capital = Silistra]

Nature Reserve in Srebarna on Tutrakan
Srebarna Nature Reserve is an important wetland on the Western Palaearctic bird migratory flyway.

Sofiya province [capital = Sofia]

Boyana Church in Sofia at 1-3 Boyansko Ezero St.
Located on the outskirts of Sofia, Boyana Church consists of three buildings. The eastern church was built in the 10th century, then enlarged at the beginning of the 13th century by Sebastocrator Kaloyan, who ordered a second two storey building to be erected next to it. The frescoes in this second church, painted in 1259, make it one of the most important collections of medieval paintings. The ensemble is completed by a third church, built at the beginning of the 19th century. This site is one of the most complete and perfectly preserved monuments of east European medieval art.

Stara Zagora province [capital = Stara Zagora]

Thracian Tomb in Kazanlak on ul. General Radetski 48
The Thracian tomb of Kazanlak is a unique aesthetic and artistic work, a masterpiece of the Thracian creative spirit. This monument is the only one of its kind anywhere in the world. The exceptionally well preserved frescos and the original condition of the structure reveal the remarkable evolution and high level of culture and pictorial art in Hellenistic Thrace.

Central Balkan National Park in Sokolna
See Lovech province above.

Varna province [capital = Varna]

Rider in Madara at N43 17 60 E27 8 60
It is outstanding not only as a work of Bulgarian sculpture, with its characteristically realist tendencies, but also as a piece of historical source material dating from the earliest years of the establishment of the Bulgarian state.