List of World Heritage Sites in Bulgaria
Location of World Heritage Sites within Bulgaria
There are nine UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Bulgaria. The first four properties were inscribed in the World Heritage List in 1979, and the last in 1985.
Bulgaria currently has fourteen additional properties on the Tentative List.[1]
Inscribed
Locations of inscribed properties can be seen in the Google map link.
Cultural
| Inscription year | Property | Location | Description | WHS i.d. no. | Photo |
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| 1979 | Boyana Church | Boyana quarter of Sofia 42°39′0″N 23°16′0″E / 42.65000°N 23.26667°E |
A medieval Bulgarian Orthodox church | 42 |  |
| 1979 | Madara Rider | East of Shumen in northeastern Bulgaria, near the village of Madara 43°18′0″N 27°9′0″E / 43.30000°N 27.15000°E |
An early medieval large rock relief carved on the Madara Plateau | 43 |  |
| 1979 | Rock-Hewn Churches of Ivanovo | Village of Ivanovo, south of Ruse on the Danube. 43°43′0″N 25°58′0″E / 43.71667°N 25.96667°E |
Monolithic churches, chapels and monasteries hewn out of solid rock | 45 |  |
| 1979 | Thracian Tomb of Kazanlak | Near the town of Kazanlak, central Bulgaria 42°37′0″N 25°24′0″E / 42.61667°N 25.40000°E |
Ancient tomb, part of a large Thracian necropolis | 44 |  |
| 1983 | Ancient City of Nessebar | The old part of Nessebar, on the Black Sea, just north of Burgas 42°39′22″N 27°43′48″E / 42.65611°N 27.73000°E |
Ancient part of town, situated on a peninsula (previously an island). | 217 | .jpg) |
| 1983 | Rila Monastery | Northwestern Rila Mountains, south of Sofia, in Rila Monastery Nature Park 42°7′0″N 23°24′0″E / 42.11667°N 23.40000°E |
Medieval monastery, one of the region's most significant cultural, historical and architectural monuments | 216 |  |
| 1985 | Thracian Tomb of Sveshtari | Village of Sveshtari, near Razgrad in northeast Bulgaria 43°40′0.01″N 26°40′0.01″E / 43.6666694°N 26.6666694°E |
A Thracian tomb dating back to 3rd century BC | 359 |  |
Natural
| Year | Property | Location | Description | WHS i.d. no. | Photo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | Pirin National Park | Pirin Mountains in the southwest of Bulgaria 41°40′0″N 23°30′0″E / 41.66667°N 23.50000°E |
Natural reserve | 225 |  |
| 1983 | Srebarna Nature Reserve | Just south of the Danube river, Southern Dobruja in northeast Bulgaria 44°6′51.98″N 27°4′41.02″E / 44.1144389°N 27.0780611°E |
A nature reserve and lake on the Via Pontica bird migration route | 219 |  |
Tentative List
- Central Balkan National Park - 1984
- Ancient Town of Nicopolis ad Istrum - 1984
- Bachkovo Monastery - 1984
- Late Ancient Tomb of Silistra - 1984
- Magura Cave with Drawings from the Bronze Age - 1984
- Pobiti Kamani Natural Monument - 1984
- Rocks of Belogradchik - 1984
- Rusenski Lom National Park - 1984
- The Town of Melnik and the Rozhen Monastery - 1984
- Vratsa Karst - 1984
- Two Neolithic Dwellings in Stara Zagora - 1984
- The Ancient Plovdiv - 2004
- Tomb of Aleksandrovo - 2004
Gallery
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A fresco from the Boyana Church
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A view of the Ancient City of Nesebar
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A chariot race mural from the Thracian Tomb of Kazanlak
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Drawings in the Magura Cave
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Melnik, uniting old architecture with natural beauty
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World Heritage Sites in Bulgaria
See also
Notes
- ↑ "UNESCO World Heritage Centre - Tentative List: Bulgaria". UNESCO World Heritage Centre. Retrieved 2009-03-27.
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