Melnik
Melnik is a "town-museum" in South-Western Bulgaria, surrounded by curious geological formations. The smallest town in the country, it's also known for its wine and its architecture.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Kordopulov House and Rozhen Monastery.
Kordopulov House
Museum
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Kordopulov House is a large late Ottoman style house in the southwestern Bulgarian town of Melnik. It was built in 1754 specifically for wine production and was bought by the Greek merchant Manolis Kordopoulos.
Rozhen Monastery
Church
Photo: Reinhard P. Braun, CC BY-SA 2.5.
The Rozhen Monastery of the Nativity of the Mother of God is the biggest monastery in the Pirin Mountains in southwestern Bulgaria, nestled in the Melnik Earth Pyramids.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lozenitsa and Rozhen.
Lozenitsa
Village
Photo: Bovlad62, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Lozenitsa is a village in the municipality of Sandanski, in Blagoevgrad Province, Bulgaria.
Rozhen
Village
Photo: Кочев, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Rozhen, Bulgaria is a village in the municipality of Sandanski, in Blagoevgrad Province, Bulgaria. It is situated at the south-western foothills of the Pirin mountain range and is nestled within the Melnik Earth Pyramids. Rozhen is situated 3½ km east of Melnik.
Melnik
- Type: Locality
- Location: Sandanski, Pirin Macedonia, Bulgaria, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
41.523° or 41° 31′ 23″ northLongitude
23.3933° or 23° 23′ 36″ eastElevation
392 metres (1,286 feet)Open location code
8GH5G9FV+58GeoNames ID
6459644
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Melnik” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “ميلنيك”
- Bulgarian: “Мелник”
- Chinese: “梅爾尼克”
- Church Slavic: “Мєльникъ”
- Greek: “Μελένικο”
- Hebrew: “מלניק”
- Kazakh: “Мелник”
- Lithuanian: “Melnikas”
- Macedonian: “Мелник”
- Persian: “ملنیک”
- Russian: “Мелник”
- Serbian: “Мелник”
- Ukrainian: “Мелник”
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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Melnik”. Photo: Klearchos Kapoutsis, CC BY 2.0.