Founded 3,200 years ago, the city of Shumen is truly a cradle of rich spiritual and material culture. It is proved by the historical-archaeological reserve "Shumen Fortress", which is located in the "Shumen Plateau" park, 3 km from the...
When you find yourself in Shumen, you should not miss the historical museum of the city, one of the oldest in Bulgaria. Because it stores over 150,000 unique movable monuments, of which 15,000 are exhibited in its exposition, arranged...
The Astronomical Observatory at the Giordano Bruno Scientific Research Center has an observation pavilion with a retractable roof, where two telescopes are placed. One of them serves for daily observations of the Sun on a screen. The...
From the liberation of Bulgaria from Ottoman slavery until the end of the 20th century, our country has lost many talented poets for various reasons. One of them, often called "the poet with the quilt", is Peño Penev. He was not born...
The city was born with a Decree signed on September 2, 1947 by the then Prime Minister and leader of the BKP - Georgi Dimitrov, according to which the villages of Rakovski, Mariino and Chernokonyovo were united into one. The main credit...
The Museum of Thracian Art in the village of Alexandrovo was built with Japanese financial assistance and was opened in 2009 in the presence of Prince Akishino and his wife. A lot can be learned here, because the geographical position of...
Ancient villa "Armira" is the richest private palace from the Roman era, discovered in today's Bulgarian lands. It was built in the second half of the 1st century AD. by a prominent Thracian aristocrat as the center of a large landed...
The monumental domed tomb near the village of Mezek was built as early as the 6th century BC. The construction is of so-called "dry masonry", without mortar. Its total length is almost 30 meters. Scientists have established that it was...
In the area of the village of Mezek you will also find the best preserved medieval fortress in the Eastern Rhodopes. It is assumed that it was built at the end of the 11th and the beginning of the 12th century, during the reign of Alexey...
The world's tallest statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary with the Child was erected with respect, love and appreciation for the Mother of God. The monument was opened in 2003 with a blessing by Metropolitan Arsenius. In 2005, it was included...