After received 20,000 suggestions the team sifted out the finals 33, which are divided in 3 sectors - nature sights, cultural and history heritage and foods and drinks.

The team has the ambition to announce the selected symbols in the eve of March 3 - the national holiday of Bulgaria.

These are the nominations:

Nature sights:

The Seventh Rila Lakes - seven alpine lakes in Rila Mountain

The Wonder Bridges - Chudnite mostove are unique rock formations in central Rhodope Mountains

The George of Trigradsko - streking and impressive george in South Rhodopes

The Balkan is Stara Planina chain other name

The Belogradchik Rocks - Belogradchishki skali - group of bizarre sandstone and limestone rock formations, an impressive nature phenomenon in North - Western Bulgaria

The Edelweiss - (Leontopodium alpinum), one of the best-known European mountain flowers, belongs to the sunflower family (Asteraceae)

The Melnik Pyramids - rocky formations (earth pyramids) in the South-Westen peripheral slopes of the Pirin mountain

Mineral Water Springs - local nature treasure

The Srebarna Nature Reserve - considered as world heritage from 1983, North- Eastern Bulgaria

The Stone Forest - Pobiti Kamuni - limy sandstones, containing many fossils, located near Varna city

Caves in Bulgaria

Culture and history heritage:

The Cyrillic alphabet - a family of alphabets, subsets of which are used by certain Slavic languages - Belarusian, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Russian, Rusyn, Serbian and Ukrainian

The Boyana Church - medieval Bulgarian Orthodox church originally constructed in the late 10th or early 11th century, located in the outskirts of Sofia city

The old city of seaside Nessebar - Eastern Bulgaria

The Bulgarian rose and rose oil- Bulgarian rose oil (otto) is recognized worldwide as the ultimate rose oil

The Tsarevets history hill - mediaeval stronghold located on a hill with the same name in Veliko Tarnovo in Northern Bulgaria

The Madara Rider (or Madara Horserider) - an early medieval large rock relief situated Eastern of the city of Shumen (Northeastern Bulgaria)

Martenitsa - Bulgarian tradition related to March 1 and the welcoming of the ensuing spring.

The Rila Monastery - the largest and most famous Eastern Orthodox monastery in Bulgaria, located in the North-Western Rila Mountain.

Bulgarian folklore

Nestinari - fire dancers; an unspoken closed society that executes typical Bulgarian custom traced back to pagan times, the nestinari dance on hot embers, it's typical for South- Eastern Bulgaria

The Rhyton from Panagyiurishte Gold Treasure - dated to the fourth century BC

Foods and drinks

Kiselo mliako - the most popular non-alcoholic drink of Bulgaria with other words - yogurt

Shopska salad - the most typical and famous Bulgarian salad: tomatoes, cucumbers, pepper, onion, parsley and white brined cheese

Sirene - White brined cheese - a type of white brine cheese made in Bulgaria, it is usually made of cow's milk, but it can be also made of sheep milk or a combination of milks

Banitsa - a traditional Bulgarian pastry prepared by layering a mixture of whisked eggs and pieces of sirene (white cheese) between filo pastry and then baking it in an oven

Mavrud red wine - unique red wine common only for the region of Thrace in Bulgaria

Rakia - hard liquor similar to brandy, made by distillation of fermentedfruits, its alcohol content is normally 40%, but home-produced rakia can be stronger, typically 50 to 60%

Bob Chorba - traditional bean soup with plenty of herbs

Lutenitsa - sauce-like salad that is made from tomatoes and peppers pureed together. It looks like a thick ketchup or a thick salsa, but it tastes a little more peppery

Kiufte / Kebabche - balls / rolls of grilled slice meat with spaces

Pitka with Sharena sol - small flat loaf with traditional spice made of natural herbs, directly translated colorful salt.

Lukanka - a Bulgarian spicy sausage unique to Bulgarian cuisine, is half-raw and half-dried, has a flattened cylindrical shape, and brownish-red interior in a skin that is normally covered with a white fungus

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