Sights in Bulgaria

The Church St.Nedelya in Batak was built for 75 days by the local population in 1813. The church is known for the brutal massacre organized by the Turks over Bulgarian families (including children, women and elders), seeking protection there in days of suppressing of the April uprising in 1876. In...

The Museum of the horse and equestrian sport in town of Stara Zagora was opened in 2010. It is a successor of the founded in 1971 by Professor Rangel Karaivanov "Museum of the Horse" which was housed in a building of Higher Institute of Veterinary Medicine and Zootechnics, Sofia. This...

Sliven Regional Historical Museum traces history of the Sliven region from the antique to nowadays. The main museum sections are: - Archaeology - keeps objects from the period of the VI millennium BC till the end of the Second Bulgarian kingdom- History from XV - XIX centuries - historical...

The Underground mining museum "Starite Rudnitsi 1891" ("The old  mines 1891") is one of the main attractions of town of Pernik. It is located 50 meters below the ground in one of the old mines - "Temelko Nenkov" (or "Starite Rudnitsi"), where in 1891 has be...

Abritus Museum is part of Historical Museum of Razgrad. It is situated east of the town center at area of 400m2. The objects presented in the exhibition hall are gathered thematically in several groups thus aiming to trace back the development of human society in the area through the paleolith,...

Nowadays there are 33 panoramas all over the world. One of them with the biggest dimensions is constructed in Pleven and  was officially unveiled on 10 December 1977.The memorial is devoted to to five-months battles of Russian army during the Russian-Turkish war 1877-78 as a result of which B...

Regional historical museum Dobrich was created in 1953. Its first museum exhibition was organized in 1960 in the building of the  former casino. The museum collects, studies, preserves and presents cultural and natural heritage of  Dobbrudja region and Dobrich district.  Departments:  Arch...

The Military  Museum "Vladimir Alexandrovich" (aka Museum "Headquarters of the Russian Danube Army in 1877") in village of Gorna Studena was opened on September 4, 1907 by an idea of ​​Stoyan Zaimov  and the Committee "Tsar Liberator". It is located in the summer house...

In 1959 into the house of the volunteer Stefan Bogdanov in Provadia was established a museum collection. For years, it is among the richest in the country. Since 2004, it received the status of the museum. The fund of the museum is about 15 000 objects of cultural heritage and the settlements of...

The Museum of the skis and ski-sports in Chepelare is unique for Bulgaria. It is housed in the building of the community center "Rhodopska Iskra" in the town. The museum was opened in 1998, after the great Bulgarian biathlete Ekaterina Dafovska won the gold medal at the 1998 Nagano W...