SanctuaryBurgas Province · Near Primorsko
Beglik Tash
A rock complex with archaeological traces of human activity and interpretations as an ancient sanctuary.
PrehistoryThracian eraRoman eraLate antiquity
History and discoveries
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Archaeology of Bulgaria
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NecropolisVarna Province · Varna
Varna Chalcolithic Necropolis
A Copper Age cemetery with exceptional gold finds and evidence of varied burial practices.
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Archaeological complexDobrich Province · Durankulak
Durankulak–Hamangia
The Big Island settlement and cemeteries trace millennia beside Lake Durankulak.
PrehistoryMiddle Ages
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FortressMontana Province · Montana
Kaleto Fortress, Montana
The fortified hill preserves prehistoric houses, Roman defences and later settlement remains.
PrehistoryRoman eraLate antiquityMiddle Ages
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City and settlementSliven Province · Karanovo, Nova Zagora Municipality
Karanovo Settlement Mound
A settlement mound whose layers underpin an important prehistoric chronological system.
Prehistory
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FortressLovech Province · Lovech, Hisarya Hill
Lovech Fortress
A fortress above old Lovech associated with the 1187 truce and much earlier occupation layers.
PrehistoryThracian eraMiddle Ages
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FortressPlovdiv Province · Plovdiv
Nebet Tepe
Nebet Tepe preserves defences and successive stages in Plovdiv’s long history.
PrehistoryThracian eraRoman eraLate antiquityMiddle Ages
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City and settlementStara Zagora Province · Stara Zagora
Neolithic Dwellings – Stara Zagora
A museum above a burned Neolithic house with remarkably preserved household equipment.
Prehistory
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City and settlementSofia City Province · Sofia, Slatina
Slatina Neolithic Settlement
Slatina’s early Neolithic houses reveal the domestic life of early farming communities in the Sofia basin.
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MuseumSofia Province · Chavdar
Chavdar Neolithic Settlement and Topolnitsa Park
Topolnitsa Park interprets an excavated early Neolithic settlement near Chavdar through reconstructions.
Prehistory
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City and settlementVratsa Province · Ohoden
Ohoden–Valoga
An Early Neolithic settlement and ritual complex with burials and a clay structure containing deer skulls.
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History and discoveriesArchaeological complexKardzhali Province · Gorna Krepost
Perperikon
Rock-cut structures, urban quarters, churches and defensive walls reveal Perperikon’s many historical layers.
PrehistoryThracian eraRoman eraLate antiquityMiddle Ages
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CaveGabrovo Province · Near Dryanovo Monastery, Dryanovo
Bacho Kiro Cave
A Palaeolithic cave with directly dated Homo sapiens remains, tools and ornaments approximately 45,000 years old.
Prehistory
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CaveVidin Province · Belogradchik area
Kozarnika Cave
A cave with a long Palaeolithic sequence, human remains and tools informing research into the early peopling of Europe.
Prehistory
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CaveVidin Province · Rabisha
Magura Cave
Cave paintings and occupation remains reveal a layered prehistoric past within Rabisha Hill.
Prehistory
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City and settlementVarna Province · Provadia
Provadia–Solnitsata
A prehistoric complex shaped by the production and exchange of salt.
PrehistoryThracian era
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SanctuaryKardzhali Province · Tatul, Momchilgrad municipality
Tatul Sanctuary
At Tatul, rock-cut burial installations and masonry architecture form a complex interpreted as a cult site.
PrehistoryThracian era
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City and settlementPazardzhik Province · Yunatsite
Tell Yunatsite
A prehistoric settlement mound reveals fortification, crafts and exchange in the Copper Age.
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SanctuaryPernik Province · Garlo, Breznik municipality
Garlo Well Temple
An underground stone chamber and well raise questions about water cults, dating and ancient construction.
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