List of castles in Bulgaria
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This page is a list of castles and castle ruins in Bulgaria
, arranged by provinces
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Sofia Province
Vidin Province
Bulgaria
Bulgaria , officially the Republic of Bulgaria , is a parliamentary democracy within a unitary constitutional republic in Southeast Europe. The country borders Romania to the north, Serbia and Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south, as well as the Black Sea to the east...
, arranged by provinces
Provinces of Bulgaria
Since 1999, Bulgaria has been divided into 28 provinces which correspond approximately to the 28 districts that existed before 1987. In 1987, during the Communist regime of Todor Zhivkov, the districts were consolidated into nine larger provinces , which survived until 1999.Each province is named...
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Sofia ProvinceSofia ProvinceSofia Province is a province of Bulgaria. The province does not include Sofia in its territories, but Sofia however remains its administrative center...
- SaragiolSaragiolSaragyol is a royal residence in Bulgaria. It is located on Rila mountain.It was built by Ferdinand I between 1912 and 1914.After the fall of the monarchy Sitnyakovo was used by the Fish-Hunting Union.Saragyol is located within the National Park "Rila"....
- SitniakovoSitniakovoSitnyakovo is a summer royal residence in Bulgaria. It is located on Rila mountain.The residence was built on commission by Ferdinand I of Bulgaria. Sitnyakovo is situated in close proximity to the Borovets resort and the Tsarska Bistritsa palace. It was designed by architect Georgi Fingov and...
- Tsarska BistritsaTsarska BistritsaTsarska Bistritsa is a former royal palace in southwestern Bulgaria, high in the Rila Mountains, just above the resort of Borovets and near the banks of the Bistritsa River...
- The Royal PalaceNational Art Gallery (Bulgaria)The National Art Gallery is Bulgaria's national gallery and houses over 50,000 pieces of Bulgarian art. It is located on Battenberg Square in the capital city of Sofia, occupying most of the historic and imposing edifice of the former royal palace of Bulgaria, having been established in 1934 and...
- Vrana PalaceVrana PalaceVrana Palace is a former royal palace, located on the outskirts of Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria. It is today the official residence of the deposed Tsar Simeon II of Bulgaria and his wife Tsaritsa Margarita...
Vidin ProvinceVidin ProvinceVidin Province is the northwesternmost province of Bulgaria. It borders Serbia to the west and Romania to the northeast. Its administrative centre is the city of Vidin on the Danube river. The area is divided into 11 municipalities...
- BdinBaba VidaBaba Vida is a medieval fortress in Vidin in northwestern Bulgaria and the town's primary landmark. It consists of two fundamental walls and four towers and is said to be the only entirely preserved medieval castle in the country....
- Belogradchik FortressBelogradchik FortressThe Belogradchik Fortress , also known as Kaleto , is an ancient fortress close to the northwestern Bulgarian town of Belogradchik and the town's primary cultural and historical tourist attraction, drawing, together with the Belogradchik Rocks, the main flow of tourists into the region...