Sights in District Lovech

Georgi Benkovski is great Bulgarian revolutionary from the National Revival, one of the leaders of the April Uprising 1876. This memorial is devoted to him and is located in area of Kostina (4km south-west of Ribaritsa), at place where Benkovski was shot dead and beheaded (12 May 1876) by the Ott...

Vassil Ivanov Kunchev (known as Vasil Levski) is the most beloved national hero of Bulgaria - a revolutionary and organizer in the struggle against the Turkish invaders. In Bulgaria there are many monuments dedicated to the hero, but this monument of Vasil Levski in Lovech is the largest and most ...

Near the village of Cherni Vit is located a monument of Neyo Krachunov - resident of the village from Ostrilya hamlet, who in 1876 helped to Benkovski and his detachment after the defeat of the April uprising. Neyo hides the chieftain and his warriors in a cave above the village, which later came ...

The White Monument  (Monument of the Victory) lies in Park Stratesh, east of town of Lovech. It was built in 1902 to commemorate the victory of the Russian army in the fighting for the liberation of the town during the Russo-Turkish war. The place chosen for the monument is not coincidentally -  ...

There are lots of Russian memorials in town of Lovech built in honor of the Russian soldiers, public and military leaders, died in the the Russo-Turkish War (1877-1878) for Liberation of Lovech and Bulgaria. The memorials are located at the alley of Bulgarian-Russian friendship, at hill of ...

The Black monument is located in the town of Lovech and was built in honor of perished in the battle for the freedom ​​of Lovech on 22.08.1877 during the Russo-Turkish War (1877-1878). It is devoted to the fallen soldiers from the 118th Shuyski Infantry Regiment (4 soldiers) and from 64 Kazan Infa...