Municipality of Berkovitsa

Berkovitsa originated as a settlement in the early Middle Ages but received its development in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries when it was a border fortress. It was an important craft centre during the Revival, and the Berkovitsa pottery school is still known today. Until the construction of the railway line through the Iskar Gorge, it stood on the road from Sofia to the north but then remained on the sidelines and gradually lost its economic importance. In the twentieth century, the municipality population significantly decreased, as some of the constituent settlements were almost depopulated.

The city is located in a semi-mountainous area and, despite its small size, has many tourist sites in the city and its surroundings. Berkovitsa has been a municipal centre since 1949.

The following sites are located on the territory of Berkovitsa Municipality: The mountain routes on the territory of the municipality (9), the Clock Tower, Ivan Vazov House Museum, Malinarka Fountain, City Art Gallery, Ethnographic Museum, Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin, Roman bath, the Church of St. Nikolai Chudotvorets, Klisura Monastery of St. Cyril and Methodius, Ancient and medieval fortress Kaleto, the area around Kom peak. The municipality only fit in with some of them.

Mainly due to its balneological resources, in 1974, Berkovitsa was declared a resort of national importance. There is no current plan for tourism development. The last one contained data from 2013 when projects were implemented.