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
1979 Boyana Church Boyana quarter of Sofia
42°39′0″N 23°16′0″E / 42.65000°N 23.26667°E / 42.65000; 23.26667 (Boyana Church)		 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 / 43.30000; 27.15000 (Madara Rider)		 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 / 43.71667; 25.96667 (Rock-Hewn Churches of Ivanovo)		 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 / 42.61667; 25.40000 (Thracian Tomb of Kazanlak)		 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 / 42.65611; 27.73000 (Ancient City of Nessebar)		 Ancient part of town, situated on a peninsula (previously an island). 217
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 / 42.11667; 23.40000 (Rila Monastery)		 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 / 43.6666694; 26.6666694 (Thracian Tomb of Sveshtari)		 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 / 41.66667; 23.50000 (Pirin National Park) 		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 / 44.1144389; 27.0780611 (Srebarna Nature Reserve)		 A nature reserve and lake on the Via Pontica bird migration route 219

Tentative List

Gallery

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ "UNESCO World Heritage Centre - Tentative List: Bulgaria". UNESCO World Heritage Centre. Retrieved 2009-03-27.

External links

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