Bulgaria
Things to do in Kazanlak & Shipka
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Sightlore has 17 places to explore in Kazanlak & Shipka, and 12 of them come with a 60-second story in 5 languages. Point your camera at a landmark to learn its name and story, and earn points and badges at the places you actually visit.
Kazanlak & Shipka's must-sees
The city's most important places. In the app you see how many you've visited and earn a badge when you've seen them all.
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Shipka memorial
The Liberty Memorial, also known as the Shipka Monument, is а symbol of modern Bulgaria and the liberation of Bulgaria.
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Shipka Park-Museum
Open-air museum in the eastern Shipka mountains, part of the Shipka-Buzludzha National Park-Museum, dedicated to the Battle of Shipka Pass.
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The Memorial Temple of the Birth of Christ (Shipka)
The Memorial Temple of the Birth of Christ, better known as the Shipka Memorial Church or Shipka Monastery is a Bulgarian Orthodox church built near the town of Shipka in Stara Planina between 1885 and 1902, according to Antoniy Tomishko's design in the seventeenth-century…
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Buzludzha monument
The Monument House of the Bulgarian Communist Party, also known as the Buzludzha Monument, was built on Buzludzha Peak in central Bulgaria by the Bulgarian communist government and inaugurated in 1981. It commemorated the events of 1891, when a group of socialists led by…
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Seuthopolis
Seuthopolis was an ancient Hellenistic city founded by the Thracian king Seuthes III between 325–315 BC which was the capital of the Odrysian kingdom.
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Tomb of Seuthes III
The Tomb of Seuthes III is located near Kazanlak, Bulgaria. Seuthes III was the King of the Odrysian Kingdom of Thrace from c. 331 to c. 300 BC and founder of the nearby Thracian city of Seuthopolis.
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Thracian tomb Ostrusha
The Ostrusha mound is a Thracian burial tumulus near the Bulgarian town of Shipka. It was constructed in the middle of the 4th century BCE.
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Thracian Tomb of Kazanlak
The Thracian Tomb of Kazanlak is a vaulted-brickwork "beehive" (tholos) tomb that is located near the town of Kazanlak in central Bulgaria.
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Helvetsiya mound
The Thracian tomb "Helvetia" mound near Shipka, Bulgaria, was built in the middle of the 4th century BC.
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Thracian tomb Griffins
The Thracian tomb Griffins, found in Bulgaria, has a façade decorated with plastic columns and with a pediment above them. The pediment`s ends are semi-palmettes, the lower leaves of which are elongated and look like heads of griffins.
Discovery routes in Kazanlak & Shipka
Visit the stops in any order and tap "Check in" at each one; finish the route to earn points and its own badge.
Valley of the Thracian Kings and Shipka
From the museum in Kazanlak to the Thracian Tomb of Kazanlak and Seuthopolis, past the Kosmatka, Shushmanets, Griffins, Helvetia and Ostrusha mounds to Shipka, its Nativity church, the Freedom Monument and Buzludzha.
Places to visit
Historic sites
Thracian Tomb of Kazanlak
The Thracian Tomb of Kazanlak is a vaulted-brickwork "beehive" (tholos) tomb that is located near the town of Kazanlak in central Bulgaria.
Seuthopolis
Seuthopolis was an ancient Hellenistic city founded by the Thracian king Seuthes III between 325–315 BC which was the capital of the Odrysian kingdom.
Tomb of Seuthes III
The Tomb of Seuthes III is located near Kazanlak, Bulgaria. Seuthes III was the King of the Odrysian Kingdom of Thrace from c. 331 to c. 300 BC and founder of the nearby Thracian city of Seuthopolis.
Thracian tomb Ostrusha
The Ostrusha mound is a Thracian burial tumulus near the Bulgarian town of Shipka. It was constructed in the middle of the 4th century BCE.
Shipka Park-Museum
Open-air museum in the eastern Shipka mountains, part of the Shipka-Buzludzha National Park-Museum, dedicated to the Battle of Shipka Pass.
Buzovgrad Megalith
Ancient sanctuary from the late Eneolithic and early Bronze Age near the village of Buzovgrad, Kazanlak municipality; also called the Gate of the Mother Goddess.
Museums
History Museum "Iskra" Kazanlak
History museum in Kazanlak, one of the oldest, richest and best-known regional museums in Bulgaria.
Places of worship
The Memorial Temple of the Birth of Christ (Shipka)
The Memorial Temple of the Birth of Christ, better known as the Shipka Memorial Church or Shipka Monastery is a Bulgarian Orthodox church built near the town of Shipka in Stara Planina between 1885 and 1902, according to Antoniy Tomishko's design in the seventeenth-century…
Saint Joseph
Eastern Catholic parish church in Kazanlak, belonging to the Eparchy of Sofia.
Shipka Monastery
Active Orthodox monastery of the Nativity of Christ on the north-western edge of the town of Shipka, Kazanlak municipality, with a church, monks' building and pilgrims' house.
Monuments
Thracian tomb Shushmanets
The Thracian tomb at Shushmanets is a mound located in the Valley of the Thracian Rulers. It was built as a temple in the 4th century BC and later used as a tomb.
Thracian tomb Griffins
The Thracian tomb Griffins, found in Bulgaria, has a façade decorated with plastic columns and with a pediment above them. The pediment`s ends are semi-palmettes, the lower leaves of which are elongated and look like heads of griffins.
Helvetsiya mound
The Thracian tomb "Helvetia" mound near Shipka, Bulgaria, was built in the middle of the 4th century BC.
Shipka memorial
The Liberty Memorial, also known as the Shipka Monument, is а symbol of modern Bulgaria and the liberation of Bulgaria.
Buzludzha monument
The Monument House of the Bulgarian Communist Party, also known as the Buzludzha Monument, was built on Buzludzha Peak in central Bulgaria by the Bulgarian communist government and inaugurated in 1981. It commemorated the events of 1891, when a group of socialists led by…
Thracian tomb Golyama Arsenalka
Golyama Arsenalka mound is a Thracian burial tumulus with a subterranean stone building near the Bulgarian town of Shipka. It dates from the end of 5th century BCE.
Nature
Rose Valley
The Rose Valley is a region in Bulgaria located just south of the Balkan Mountains, also known as "Old Mountain" in South Slavic languages, and the eastern part of the lower Sredna Gora mountain range to the south.
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