Sights in District Plovdiv

The project for drawings on walls and fences of houses in the village of Staro Zhelezare is of the artist Ventsislav Piryankov. He lives and works in Poland and here is located his family house.The first works are from 2015. The idea is the village to be used as a picturesque canvas and to become a...

In village of Novo selo (Plovdiv region) began the construction of an interesting museum called "Museum of the world - from the Creation to the present day". It is an open air museum located on the rugged mountains above the village, at an area of 10 acres.Currently (XII 2014) most of the sets and...

The Historical Museum of Klisura is housed in a building named "Community Center - memorial museum" built on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the April Uprising. This building is the result of one of the largest charity works after the liberation, as it collected funds for 30 years. The...

The Regional Archaeological Museum of Plovdiv (RAM - Plovdiv) is one of the oldest cultural institutions in Bulgaria. It is officially opened in 1882, and its development goes from simple archaeological and numismatic office to the separate Archaeological Museum (in 1920).The museum has one of the...

St. George School is the first built as planned school building in Asenovgrad. It was constructed just before the Liberation. Nowadays it works as a museum. After its restoration in year of 2000, there are two exhibition halls on the first floor and four large rooms on the second. In one of the r...

The Plovdiv Regional Historical Museum (Regionalen istoricheski muzey Plovdiv) was established in 1951. It covers the history of Plovdiv from the 15th century until today.The museum has three departments, each occupying a separate historic building: - the Bulgarian National Revival - the history of...

The Museum of Aviation and the military glory in Krumovo (Plovdiv district) is a branch of the National Museum of Military History in Sofia. It was created September 21, 1991. The museum has indoor and outdoor exhibition area. The indoor part consists of two halls. In the first are exhibited objects...

The Regional Museum of Natural History in Plovdiv was opened in 1955 as "Temporary exhibition of materials of a future Natural History Museum". In 1960 was opened the first scientifically and artistically arranged exhibition, related to the Bulgarian flora, fauna and geology. In 1970 -...

Kalofer is the birthplace of the great Bulgarian poet and revolutionary Hristo Botev. In the town was created a museum dedicated to the hero. The museum complex is located in the town park and includes a house-museum of Botev, a showroom and two monuments (of Hristo Botev and his mother).The...

Paleontology Museum in town of Asenovgrad was founded in 1990 as an affiliate of the National Museum of Natural History (NMNH). It was established on the basis of paleontological collection, gathered over decades before by the biology teacher in the Assenovgrad high school - Dimitar Kovachev and his...