List of castles, chateaus and fortresses in Bulgaria

This list includes castles , chateaus and fortresses in Bulgaria .

Castles, fortresses and palaces

Surname	Building time	local community	Oblast	Remarks
Apollonia Pontica		Soosopol	Burgas
Asenov Fortress (Асенова Крепост)	11th century	Asenovgrad	Plovdiv	built during the time of Ivan Assen II.
Baba Wida Fortress (Баба Вида)	10th century	Vidin	Vidin	Seat of power during the Kingdom of Vidin
Balchik Summer Palace (Балчишки дворец)	1924	Balchik	Dobrich	was commissioned by the Romanian Queen Marie Alexandra Victoria built
Banja Fortress (Крепост Баня)		Banya	Stara Sagora
Belogradchik Fortress (Белограчишка крепост)		Belogradchik	Vidin	The present fortress was built during the Turkish rule in 1850 under Sultan Abdülmecit I. completed.
Chissarja fortress (крепост Хисаря)	Antiquity	Chissariah	Plovdiv	Roman fortifications
Dorostol (Силистренска крепост)	Antiquity	Silistra	Silistra	The current fortress was built during the Turkish rule
Karasura Fortress (Карасура)	Antiquity	Rupkite	Stara Sagora	Late Roman road station (statio milliaria) on the ancient Via Militaris
Castra Martis fortress (Кастра Мартис)	Antiquity	Kula	Vidin	Late Roman fort (castrum) on the lower Danube border - Danube Limes
Kaliakra Fortress (Крепост Калиакра)	Antiquity	Cape Kaliakra	Dobrich	In the Middle Ages, the strategically important fortress of the same name was located here. In the 13th century it became the capital of a Bulgarian sub-empire under the despot Dobrotitsa .
Krakra Fortress (Крепост Кракра)	after 809	Pernik	Pernik
Mesemvria (Несебър)		Nessebar	Burgas	Medieval fortress on the Black Sea ruled by the Bulgarians and Byzantines
Matochina Castle (Маточина)		Swilengrad	Haskovo
Melnik fortress (Крепост Мелник)		Melnik	Pernik	The current fortress was built in the 12th century during the rule of the powerful Boljar Alexius Slaw
Nikopol Fortress (Никополска крепост)	Antiquity	Nikopol	Haskovo	The current fortress was built by the Turks.
Owetsch fortress (Крепост Овеч)	12th Century	Lovech	Lovech	In the Middle Ages, the mighty fortress was the seat of the Bulgarian Tsar dynasty Assen
Fortress Pliska (Плиска)	7th century	Pliska	Shumen	The first capital of the Bulgarian Empire and an important center of the Old Church Slavonic written culture
Fortress Preslav (Преслав)	9th century	Veliki Preslaw	Shumen	The former Bulgarian capital was one of the centers of Slavic culture. In the 10th century, the Cyrillic alphabet was created here at the court of the Bulgarian tsars
Prowadija Fortress (Провадийска крепост)	4th century	Provadia	Varna	The fortress was finally abandoned at the end of the 17th century
Shumen Fortress (Шуменска крепост)	4th century	Shumen	Shumen	4th century BC Chr.
Fortress of Trajan's Gates (Траянови врата)	Antiquity	Ichtiman	Sofia Oblast	The Roman Emperor Trajan built the fortress Stipon, which is now named after him and is located over the Porta Trajana pass (Gate of Trajan).
Ustra Fortress (крепост Устра)	10th century	near Ustren , municipality of Dschebel	Kardzhali Oblast	The Roman Emperor Trajan built the fortress Stipon, which is now named after him and is located over the Porta Trajana pass (Gate of Trajan).
Versinikia Fortress (Версиникия)				here the battle of Adrianople (813) took place.
Fortress Tsarevets (Царевец)	12th Century	Veliko Tarnovo	Veliko Tarnovo	The former capital of the Second Bulgarian Empire
Zepina Fortress (Цепина)	1st century	Dorkowo , near Velingrad	Pazardzhik	The former capital of the empire of Alexius Slaw