Sights in Region North-Central

The Museum "Roden Kray" (Homeland / Native lands) in village of Okorsh was opened in 2001. The museum includes archaeological and ethnographic collections which trace the history of the local population. The museum is located in the building of the old school. There, in a special wo...

The remains of the Late Roman castle of Transmarisca are located in borders of nowadays town of Tutrakan.The fortification was built in the end of the III-th century by emperor Diokletian after one of his victories against enemy’s tribes. Part of 11-th Claudius Legion was accommodated t...

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...

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 ...

The Rock-hewn churches in area of Suhara reka ("The dry river") near village of Golesh (Silistra region) are the earliest rock monasteries in the Bulgarian lands, dating back to the early Christian era, the period of late antiquity and early Byzantium. The complex includes seven monasteries and m...

The Military Tomb Memorial Complex (aka Military Graveyard Tutrakan 1916) near village of Shumentsi is built in memory of those who died in 1916 for the liberation of Dobrudzha in the battle for Tutrakan (5 and 6 September, 1916)...

The Roman tomb in Silistra is one of the most famous in Bulgaria antique monument which dates back to IV century when the town was a Roman fortress named Durostorum. It is a unicameral vaulted stone building with an entrance on the East and dimensions 3.3m x 2.60m x 2.30m.The tomb is famous with its...

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 created on 16 N...

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...

Dimitar Nenov is famous Bulgarian composer and pianist born in Razgrad on 1 January 1902. Museum exhibition in his birth house was opened in May 1992.There are exhibited photographs from his life, the only preserved record of his performances, publications, copies and original works, memories of his...