Sights in District Vidin

The remains of the medieval fortress Florentiana are located about 1 kilometer west of the village of Florentin, in the locality "Valya Turchilor", near the Danube river. It is assumed the fortress was built in XII-XIII century and was well preserved until the beginning of XIX century. The...

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The remains of a Roman fortress "Ad Marum" are located south of the village of Koshava near by the Danube River at an altitude of 35 meters....

The Art Gallery in Belogradchik was opened in 1983. There are exposed more than 180 works - graphics and paintings, including works of several famous Bulgarian artists as Vladimir Dimitrov - Maystora, Svetlin Rusev, Stoyan Venev, Ivan Hristov, Joan Leviev, Bahit Bapishev and others. Besides the ...

The Astronomical Observatory in Belogradchik was built in 1961 by a group of astronomy fans, led by Hristo Kostov  - a teacher in physics at the Belogradchik high school. The Observatory has 2 domes (diameters 6 and 4 meters) and  3 telescopes: - the first (and oldest one) is a 15 cm telescope &q...

Asen Balkanski (his real name is Slavcho Georgiev Drotsanov) was a guerrilla, a participant in the antifascist movement during World War II and commander of Pirot guerrilla detachment. He was born in 1920 in village of Chuprene and died in 1943 in a battle against the fascists near village Topli...

The remains of the ancient Roman castle Dortikum are located about a kilometer west of the village of Vrav. The site was a little rectangular fortification (castle), whose longer walls were along the river, unlike the typical Roman castrums which were built much farther towards the shore and...

The Church of St. Nicholay in village of Chuprene was built in 1847. The building is one-nave simple construction which is dug into the ground according to the Turkish law for the height of the Christian buildings during the Ottoman yoke.The church St. Nikola in Chuprene is declared cultural...

The clock-tower in Chuprene was built in 1899 by a Macedonian master. It is located in the the central area of the village. The clock-tower was declared an architectural monument and is one of the main landmarks of Chuprene....

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