Sights in Region North-Western

The Memorial Complex "Balova Shuma" is situated about a kilometer south-eastern from the village of Gavril Ghenovo (Northwestern Bulgaria, Montana district). This is a monument from the time of the Socialism in Bulgaria and today is in poor condition - dilapidated and broken plates, overgrown with...

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...

Nowadays there are 33 panoramas all over the world. One of them with the biggest dimensions is constructed in Pleven and  was officially unveiled on 10 December 1977.The memorial is devoted to to five-months battles of Russian army during the Russian-Turkish war 1877-78 as a result of which B...

The monument of Pope John Paul II in the town of Belene was opened on 15 November 2014. The town is the birthplace of the Catholic priest Eugene Bossilkov - one of the four Bulgarian martyrs declared blessed by the Pope during his visit to Bulgaria in 2001The opening ceremony was present by the...

This Soldier`s monument in village of Tri Kladnesti was erected in tribute to the killed in the Balkan War, The First and The Second World Wars men from the village. The monument is lined with marble slabs and has the shape of a truncated pyramid. At front side of the monument there are engraved p...

In village of Shiakovo was erected a monument devoted to the local people perished in various wars for Bulgaria. The monument represents a large stone block in the form of a truncated pyramid, with memorial plaque on which are inscribed the names of the dead soldiers.Near the memorial is exposed a...

The Monument of the Apostle of freedom Vasil Levski in village of Shiakovo was erected in July, 2011 on the occasion of 174 anniversary of the hero. The funds for its construction were by donations from companies which cultivate the lands of the village.The monument is situated in a garden, front ...

In the village of Mokresh was erected a soldier monument. It was built in honor of the fallen soldiers from the region during the First World War....

This funeral memorial in Pordim was built by residents of the town as a sign of gratitude to Elizabeth and Edward Bell Haskell - American missionaries arriving in Pordim in the early 20th century, who contribute a lot to the development of the town.Haskell had held teaching courses for residents of...

The Ossuary-museum in Skobelev park in Pleven is situated near the Pleven panorama (150 meters east of it). It was built in 1978 on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the Battle for Pleven in the Russo-Turkish War. Here are buried the bones of many Russian soldiers and officers who were gave t...