World Cultural and Natural Heritage of Bulgaria

ISBN 978-954-8104-22-7
Printed in: 2010
Pages: 240 p., hard cover, size 22 x 24 cm

Language: parallel text in Bulgarian and English
Photos: a number of high quality color illustrations

The specialized representative edition of the World Heritage of Bulgaria is devoted to the valuables in the territories in Bulgaria, included in the list of World Cultural and Natural Heritage. The list is compiled at the initiative of the UNESCO.

Separate articles provide concrete data for the nice values in Bulgaria, part of the world heritage:

Properties inscribed on the World Heritage List

Cultural

1. Ancient City of Nessebar (1983)

2. Boyana Church (1979)

3. Madara Rider (1979)

4. Rila Monastery (1983)

5. Rock-Hewn Churches of Ivanovo (1979)

6. Thracian Tomb of Kazanlak (1979)

7. Thracian Tomb of Sveshtari (1985)

Natural

8. Pirin National Park (1983)

9. Srebarna Nature Reserve (1983)

The authors are leading specialists from institutes of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. They have taken part in the discovery of Bulgarian cultural and natural sites, their study, restoration and protection. Each article begins with a geographical characteristic and the description of the location. The Bulgarian values are examined as part of the natural heritage and in context of historical events, which have exerted their influence over their existence.