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Attraction · Perushtitsa · Updated on 1 November 2026.

The Red Church in Perushtitsa

The Red Church is an attraction in Perushtitsa, Plovdiv. This place has a story in the app.

The Red Church in Perushtitsa
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Photo: Spasimir Pilev · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0View the photo on Wikimedia Commons
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Photo: Guus Bosman · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.5View the photo on Wikimedia Commons

The story

Story · The Red Church

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You're standing at the Red Church, just outside the small town of Perushtitsa, about fifteen kilometres southwest of Plovdiv. Take a good look at the walls. They're built entirely of brick, and that red colour is where the church gets its name. That's unusual, because solid brickwork is rare in Bulgarian churches from late antiquity. Only three survive: this one, the Hagia Sophia in Sofia and the Old Bishopric in Nesebar.

Read the whole story in the Outdoor Pitstop app: check in at this place and it is yours (with Pro; new users are Pro for the first 4 weeks).

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10 photos from Wikimedia Commons. In the app you add your own photo when you are there.

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Photo: Spasimir Pilev · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0View the photo on Wikimedia Commons

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