Church of St. Nicholas in Melnik town, built in the Middle Ages, is one of the most interesting local attraction. Today the church is a ruin, but in the near future it is planned to carry out reconstruction and restoration as part of the PAR program.

The church is located on the hill of St. Nicholas to the south of the city, a place that in ancient times was used as a sanctuary. Previously, it housed a Thracian temple dedicated to the goddess Bendis, and later, in the V century basilica, which was destroyed probably in the VI century. Currently, scientists do not have any evidence to unequivocally date the construction of the church, but the most common version is that the building originated in XI-XII centuries.

Unfortunately, most of the building has not survived to the present day and today tourists can see only part of the eastern wall and some details of the interior design. On the wall you can see fragments of frescoes, which has a high artistic and historical value. Part of the wall paintings has been preserved and is now in the Archaeological Museum in Sofia.

Adjacent to the church bell tower, which was built separately, it is located to the north-west of the main building. By the way, one of the oldest church bells in Europe used to be here. It is believed that St. Nicholas Church functioned until the XIX century, and in 1929 destroyed (after the Balkan wars Melnik was left etopagubno population and affected the building of the Temple).