Memorial Complex "Heroes of Slivnitsa"
Type: Memorial
Location: Town Slivnitsa »
In Bulgarian: Мемориален комплекс "Героите на Сливница" »
The memorial complex "Heroes of Slivnitsa" is located in center of town Slivnitsa. It was built in 1935 in honor of the Bulgarian soldiers and officers died in the Serbo-Bulgarian war (1885).
The memorial is a granite monument with height about 20 meters. It consists of memorial plaques, a sculpture of two soldiers and an artillery cannon put on a pedestal.
On the east side of the monument are engraved with the memorable words of the great Bulgarian poet and writer Ivan Vazov "Bulgaria, they died for you". On the south side are located marble slabs with the names of died local inhabitants. On the west side is the cannon which muzzle is oriented towards Serbia, from where, in 1885, is the attack on the homeland.