Sights in District Rousse

Natural Park Rusenski Lom is situated around 20km south of city of Ruse between villages of Bozhichen, Krasen, Shrtraklevo, Nisovo, Koshov and Ivanovo. The reserve covers an area of 3260 hectares in the valleys of the rivers Rusenski, Beli and Cherni Lom and their affluents in the Smesite d...

The rock monastery St. Dimitar Basarabovski is located 10 km south of city of Ruse, in the valley of Rusenski Lom river, near Basarbovo village. The name of the monastery was first mentioned back in 1431 in a Turkish tax record. The monastery was deserted in XVI century and restored again in 193...

The Rousse Regional Historical Museum is one of the 11 regional museums of Bulgaria. It was established in 1904 as a museum exposition to the Male High School "Knyaz Boris I" in Rousse.The museum occupies the building of the former Battenberg Palace, previously a local court, built 1879-...

The remains of the fortress Neocastro (aka "Novgrad" or "Novograd") can be found 1 kilometer north - east from the village Novgrad (Tsenovo municipality), on the hill Kelebair, at the left bank of Yantra River, front of the bridge to village of Krivina.It was built on a high place, difficult to be r...

Sexaginta Prista is an ancient Roman fortress located on hill near Danube river, on the territory of the nowadays town of Rousse (its north-western part). This Roman castle arose above the ruins of an ancient Thracian settlement. By excavations there were found Thracians finds dated back to II-nd - ...

The Pantheon of National Revival Heroes in city of Rousse is a national shrine-ossuary of 453 supporters of the Bulgarian national revival. It was built on the territory of the old Ruse cemetery and was opened on 28 February 1978 to mark the 100 anniversary of the liberation of Bulgaria from ...

The locality of Stalpishte (old Turkish name Dekili tash) is located near Danube river, 2km. northwest of village of Mechka (Ruse district). The name of the region is related to the two towering stone pillars located there, which are dating from the Mesozoic era. They have unique forms of lion`s...

Kyunt Capua is the only preserved gate of the fortress wall of the Ottoman fortress Rustchuk in Ruse. Under the terms of the Berlin Peace contract from 1878, all fortresses in the Principality of Bulgaria had been destroyed. From the Ruschushkata fortress is preserved only this gate and its...

The National Museum of Transport is located in city of Ruse, near the bank of Danube river. The museum is hosted in the building of the first rail station in Bulgaria, which was built in 1866 and was declared a historical monument.Museum has 2 exhibitions - into the building and one open-air where ...

The church Sveta Troitsa (Holy Trinity) is the oldest church in city of Russe. It was built in 1962 and is a digged in the ground pseudo-basilica with size of 15.60 x 31.20 m.The bell tower is 19 meters high and has 5 bells. It has a hexagonal  shape and was built of hewn stones taken from the ru...