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Lyaskovets: St.St. Petar and Pavel Monastery

St.St. Petar and Pavel Monastery
Category: Monastery in Lyaskovets
The monastery "St.St. Petar and Pavel" (aka "Petropavlovski monastery" or "Lyaskovets monastery") is located west of town of Lyaskovets. It perches over the high and inaccessible rocks of the Arbanasi plateau. The monastery is one of the 14 monasteries built nearby th...

Nikyup

Archaeological reserve Nicopolis ad Istrum
Category: Archaeological site in Nikyup
The ruins of the ancient Roman town "Nicopolis ad Istrum" are located on a plateau on the left bank of the river of Yantra, south-west ot village of Nikyup. The town was founded by the Roman emperor Marcus Ulpius Traianus to honor his victories over the Dacians tribes in 101 and 106. The t...

Veliko Turnovo

Tsarevets fortress
Category: Fortress in Veliko Turnovo
Veliko Turnovo (Tarnovgrad) was the capital of the Second Bulgarian Kingdom (1187-1393). The town was situated on three hills - Tsarevets, Trapezitsa and Sveta Gora. The main Royal Palace, the patriarchate and other important state buildings were located behind the walls of Tsarevets fortress. Tsa...

Svishtov

Roman town Nove
Category: Archaeological site in Svishtov
The ruins of the ancient Roman fortress-town "Novae" (aka "Nove") are located about 4 kilometres east of the todays town of Svishtov. The town was founded when in 48 here arrived VIII Roman Legion of Augustus and built its first camp. Later (in year 69-70) it was replaced by o...

Gorna Studena

Military History museum "Vladimir Alexandrovich"
Category: Museum in Gorna Studena
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 ...

Gorna Oryahovitsa

St. Prophet Iliya Monastery
Category: Monastery in Gorna Oryahovitsa
The Monastery St. Prophet Iliya (aka Gornoryahovski monastery) is located 2 km west of town of Gorna Oryahovitsa. For many centuries on, the monastery is keeping the Orthodox religion. Legends tell that in 1218 at this monastery died the Bulgarian tzar Boril. St. Prophet Iliya is considered as a pr...

Gorna Oryahovitsa

Rahovetz fortress
Category: Fortress in Gorna Oryahovitsa
The ruins of the fortress of Rahovetz (aka Ryahovates) can be found 3 kilometers to the north-west of Gorna Oriahovitza town and 10 kilometers to the north of Veliko Tarnovo city, on 115 meters above sea level.In III and IV century of A.D. the Roman Emperor Aurelius III was building fortresses for g...

Arbanasi

Architectural reserve Arbanasi
Category: Old architecture in Arbanasi
Village of Arbanassi has its own specific architectural style. In the past the houses were built spacious and comfortable but resemble minor fortresses on the outside with their high, solid walls and heavy gates, iron, rids and secret hiding-places. The earliest information about the existing of Arb...

Elena

The Assumption of Virgin Mary Church
Category: Church in Elena
The Assumption of Virgin Mary Church (Uspenie Bogorodichno) in town of Elena was built in period 1836 - 1838 over the ruins of an old temple. The construction was performed by master Miho of the Gorni Bolerci hamlet, near Elena. It is entirely built by stone, using the material of the destroyed fort...

Veliko Turnovo

Archaeological Museum Veliko Tarnovo
Category: Museum in Veliko Turnovo
Archaeological museum in Veliko Tarnovo houses the exposition "Veliko Tarnovo - the capital of Bulgaria XII - XIV c." where thousand years old history and culture of the region of Tarnovo are traced, but the accent is on the period of the Second Bulgarian kingdom.The exposition was creat...

URL: http://www.museumvt.com/

Veliko Turnovo

Fortress Trapezitsa
Category: Fortress in Veliko Turnovo
The Trapezitsa hill is on of the three hills near Veliko Tarnovo (Tsarevets, Trapezitsa and Sveta Gora) where the Old Bulgarian capital Tarnovo was situated. The hill is located on the left shore of the Yantra river, northwest of the Tsarevetz hill. It is a natural fortification, surrounded on thre...

Veliko Turnovo

Museum of the Bulgarian Revival and Constituent Assembly
Category: Museum in Veliko Turnovo
"Museum of the Bulgarian Revival and Constituent Assembly" is located in city of Veliko Tarnovo. It is housed in an old Turkish building ("konak" - had used from the Turkish authorities). This 3-storey construction was made by master Kolyu Ficheto (famous Bulgarian builder f...

URL: http://www.museumvt.com

Veliko Turnovo

Sound and Light audiovisual show
Category: Attraction in Veliko Turnovo
The "Tsarevgrad Turnov - Sound and Light" is a mesmerising audiovisual show carried out in the summer evening in the city of Veliko Tarnovo. Viewed from the entrance area the Tsarevets castle buildings and walls are bathed in colour and the changes are accompanied by music. There are used ...

Veliko Turnovo

Church of St Demetrius of Thessaloniki
Category: Church in Veliko Turnovo
Church of St Demetrius of Thessaloniki (Sveti Dimitar Solunski) is a medieval Bulgarian Orthodox church in the city of Veliko Tarnovo. It is situated at the northeastern foot of the Trapezitsa and Tsarevets hills, on the right bank of the Yantra River, outside the city`s medieval fortifications (in ...

Veliko Turnovo

Museum of Prison
Category: Museum in Veliko Turnovo
Museum of Prison in Veliko Tarnovo is situated at Saedinenie square, near Museum of the Bulgarian Revival and Constituent Assembly and Museum of Contemporary History. The building of the museum dates back to XIX century and was used as prison till 1954.The construction is made by stones and has a g...

URL: http://www.museumvt.com

Kilifarevo

Museum of History
Category: Museum in Kilifarevo
Historical museum of Kilifarevo is housed in the "Saralieva House" - a building which dating back to XIX century. There are displayed objects and documents which traces the history of the region from the Antique and the Medieval times, to the Ottomans and the Revival period. Museum has a...

Veliko Turnovo

Museum of Contemporary History
Category: Museum in Veliko Turnovo
The Museum of contemporary history in Veliko Tarnovo is situated at Saedinenie square, next to the Museum of prison. There are displayed photos and exponents that show Veliko Tarnovo and its role in the life of Bulgaria after the Liberation. The expositions trace out the most significant events took...

URL: http://www.museumvt.com

Plakovo

Plakovski Monastery "St. Prophet Iliya"
Category: Monastery in Plakovo
The Plakovski Monastery "St. Prophet Iliya" is located about 18 km south from Veliko Tarnovo, near the villages of Plakovo and Velchev , two kilometers away from Kapinovski monastery "St. Nicholas". According to the legend it was built during the Second Bulgarian State, within t...

Svishtov

"Aleko Konstantinov" house-museum
Category: Museum in Svishtov
The great Bulgarian writer Aleko Konstantinov was born on 1 January 1863 in the town of Svishtov. Today his house in Svishtov is converted into museum. The museum contains an interesting exhibition, recreating the most important moments of the short but rich of events life of the writer, the artist...

Pavlikeni

Historical museum Pavlikeni
Category: Museum in Pavlikeni
The Historical Museum of Pavlikeni is housed in a beautiful two-storey building in the town center. Above the stairs of the museum there is and beautiful mural ornament made of different ceramic pieces.On the first floor of the museum there is a large and spacious hall where art works are displayed ...

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