MOSQUE "AHMED BEY"

Visiting exhibition of the Regional Ethnographic Museum – Plovdiv titled The Time of Alafranga (French-fashion)



Address:
2 St. Karadzha str.
2500 Kyustendil
Tel. +359/895541369
Working time:
April-September: Tuesday – Saturday, 9.00 a.m.- 12.00; 13.00 – 6.00 p.m
October-March: Tuesday – Saturday, 9.00 a.m.- 12.00; 13.00 – 5.00 p.m
Non-working day: Sunday, Monday

HOUSE-MUSEUM “ILYO VOIVODA”

The restored house of Ilyo Markov, one of the renowned figures of the National liberation movement, hosts an exposition called: “The National Liberation fights of the people from Kyustendil. Focus is given to the battles from the XV century up to the Liberation , as well as to the people’s contribution to the national liberation and unification of the Bulgaria in the late XIX and early XX century.

Address:
2500 Kyustendil
189 Tsar Osvoboditel str.
Tel. +359/895541369
Working time:
April-September: Tuesday – Saturday, 9.00 a.m.- 12.00; 13.00 – 6.00 p.m
October-March: Tuesday – Saturday, 9.00 a.m.- 12.00; 13.00 – 5.00 p.m
Non-working day: Sunday, Monday

HOUSE-MUSEUM “DIMITER PESHEV”

In 2002 the ambassador of Israel, Emanuel Zisman, and Kyustendil Municipality implemented a project for the restoration of Dimiter Peshev’s house and its turning into a museum. The permanent exhibition with original belongings, photos and facsimiles tells the story of what happened in March 1943 and of the worldly acknowledged merit of Dimiter Peshev and his fellow-citizens form Kyustendil – Asen Suychmezov, Vladimir Kurtev, Ivan Momchilov and Petar Mihalev who contributed to the salvation of the Jews in Bulgaria.
The house is a precise copy of the native house of Dimitar Peshev rebuilt in the town’s center. It was officially opened on 25 of October 2002 and the permanent museum exhibition – on 9 of March 2003 on the occasion of the 60th anniversary from the Kyustendil action for the saving of Bulgarian Jews. Ten years later, on the occasion of the 70th anniversary from the Kyustendil action – 8 of March 2013, the exhibition was renovated and completed not only with new information but also with new exhibits donated by the heirs of the saviors of the Bulgarian Jews.

Address:
2500 Kyustendil
11 Tsar Simeon 1st str.
Tel. +359/895541369
Working time:
April-September: Wednesday – Sunday, 9.30 a.m.- 12.00; 12.30 – 6.00 p.m
October-March: Wednesday – Sunday, 9.30 a.m.- 12.00; 12.30 – 5.00 p.m
Non-working day: Monday and Tuesday

EMFIEDZHIEVA HOUSE

The Emfiedzhieva house is an architectural monument from the Bulgarian Revival period. It is situated in the old Kyuestendil residential district Losenets (Bagluck). The museum exhibition “Urban Life and Culture of the Kyustendil population from the end of the XIX century to the beginning of the XX century” is hosted there. You can see the typical interior, furniture and household utilities of the urban houses, belonging to the better-off part of the intelligentsia or to rich and famous Kystendil families.

Address:
2500 Kyustendil
24 A Gorotsvetna str.
Tel. +359/895541369
Working time:
April-September: Monday – Friday, 9.30 a.m.- 12.00; 12.30 – 6.00 p.m
October-March: Monday – Friday, 9.30 a.m.- 12.00; 12.30 – 5.00 p.m
Non-working day: Saturday, Sunday

ST. GEORGE MEDIEVAL CHURCH


St. George Church is situated in the southwestern part of Kyustendil, in the neighbourhood of Kolusha (the medieval village of Kolasia). It is the most ancient preserved medieval church in Kyustendil. According to its architectural features and the discovered medieval frescoes the church dates back to the 11th century. It is assumed that the f the Bulgarian Tsar Mihail III Shishman killed in the battle of Velbazhd in 1330 was buried nearby the church. In the 19th century the church was razed to the foundations of the vault arches by the Ottomans. In 1878-1880 it was reconstructed. The medieval frescoes are rare records carrying the typical features of the stately Byzantium art of painting in Bulgaria. The frescoes from the Revival period expand our knowledge about the Bulgarian church art of painting from that period. The church is of great historical, artistic and architectural importance. The church is a cultural monument of national significance.
Address:
2500 Kyustendil
Kolusha quarter, town of Kyustendil
Tel. +359/895541369
Working time:
April-September: Wednesday – Sunday, 9.30 a.m.- 12.00; 12.30 – 6.00 p.m
October-March: Wednesday – Sunday, 9.30 a.m.- 12.00; 12.30 – 5.00 p.m
Non-working days: Monday and Tuesday