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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...

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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/

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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...

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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

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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

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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

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Slaveikov house-museum
Category: Museum in Veliko Turnovo
This house-museum in Veliko Tarnovo is devoted to Petko Slaveykov (1827 - 1895) - great Bulgarian poet, writer and journalist, one of the creators of the literary Bulgarian language and member of the National Assembly. The building (his home) was restored and it turned to museum. There are exhibited...

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Sarafkinata kashta house-museum
Category: Museum in Veliko Turnovo
"Sarafkinata kashta" house-museum in Veliko Tarnovo is an example of the Bulgarian architectural masterpieces from the period of Revival. The house was built in 1861 to be a home and office of the wealthy merchant Dimo Sarafina but he died before its finishing.In the museum are displayed m...

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Emilyan Stanev house-museum
Category: Museum in Veliko Turnovo
Emilyan Stanev house-museum is located in old part of Veliko Tarnovo, near the the ethnographic complex Samovodska charshia. Emilyan Stanev (real name Nikola Stoyanov Stanev) is a popular Bulgarian writer born in 1907 in town of Tarnovo. He died in 1979.The museum was built on the place where the w...

URL: http://emstanevmuseum.hit.bg

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Rock climbing in Usteto area
Category: Sport in Veliko Turnovo
Usteto is a rock gorge, located on the western riverbank of Yantra above the Preobrazhenski monastery, 5 km northern from the city of Veliko Turnovo. The place is very popular for rock climbing. The rocks are formed of solid limestone and become weathered and loose on the side of the monastery.The l...

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Preobrajenski monastery
Category: Monastery in Veliko Turnovo
Preobrajenski monastery is located around 6-7 kilometers north of Veliko Turnovo, under the inaccessible sheer rocks of the west bank of the Yantra River. It was built in the middle of VIX century during the Second Bulgarian State. During the years of Ottoman Rule the monastery had been burnt down a...

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Holy Forty Martyrs church
Category: Church in Veliko Turnovo
Holy Forty Martyrs church ("Sv. Chetirideset machenitsi") in Veliko Tarnovo is a medieval Eastern Orthodox church. It was built in 1230.The church is an elongated six-columned basilica and has three semicircular apses and a narrow narthex from the west. Another building was added later ...

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Monument of the Assenevtsi kings
Category: Statue in Veliko Turnovo
Monument of the Asenevtsi kings (aka "The riders")in Veliko Tarnovo was founded in 1985 in occasion of national celebrations of 800 years of the uprising of the brothers Asen and Peter and the proclamation of Tarnovo as the capital of the Second Bulgarian Kingdom (1185 - 1393). The monumen...

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Memorial "Mother Bulgaria"
Category: Memorial in Veliko Turnovo
The monument of "Mother Bulgaria" is one of the most emblematic places in the city of Veliko Tarnovo. It is located between two of the major streets in the central part - "Independence" str. and "Vasil Levski" str. The monument is dedicated to the Bulgarians killed in ...

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Stambolov bridge
Category: Bridge in Veliko Turnovo
"Stambolov bridge" in Veliko Turnovo is built over the Yantra River and is named after the prominent Bulgarian statesman Stefan Stambolov, which is one of the initiators of its construction. The bridge is leading to the river-peninsula Boruna, where the monument of the Assens, "Boris ...

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Art gallery "Boris Denev"
Category: Gallery in Veliko Turnovo
The City Art Gallery of Veliko Tarnovo was housed in a building from 1928 (an Art school) which is situated on a Boruna peninsula. During the long period of its existence the building has owned also by the "Animal - epidemiological institute" and the Militsa (Police). In 80s of XX century,...

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Central Mall
Category: Malls & Shops in Veliko Turnovo
Central Mall Veliko Tarnovo is the first mall which was built outside th capital city of Sofia. The shopping center is located in the western part of Veliko Tarnovo, immediately after entering the city from the highway Sofia - Varna. The mall was opened in 2006. It has impressive architecture and th...

URL: http://www.mallvt.eu

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Museum of Veliko Tarnovo University
Category: Museum in Veliko Turnovo
Museum of Veliko Tarnovo University (VTU) "St. Cyril and Methodius" was founded in 2010.Address of the museum to VTU: Veliko Tarnovo, 2 "T.Tarnovski" str.

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