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Contemporary Art Gallery
A small contemporary art gallery, named after Bulgarian painter Nikola Petrov, with paintings by local artists. It’s housed in a stately neoclassical building near the Hotel Bononia.
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Varna City Art Gallery
You can peruse two floors of 19th- and 20th-century Bulgarian art, including works by Vladimir Dimitrov and David Peretz, at this gallery. Various temporary exhibitions are held here too.
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Sofia City Art Gallery
This chunky building at the southern end of the City Garden is now an art gallery, staging rotating exhibitions of mostly contemporary Bulgarian and international art over two floors.
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St Anastasios Orthodox Church
The beautiful St Anastasios Orthodox Church overlooks the Roman Thermae. Built in 1602, it’s one of the oldest churches in the city and features an intricately carved bishop’s throne.
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Zlatyu Boyadjiev House
Zlatyu Boyadjiev House, on ul Sâborna in the old town, contains paintings by Plovdiv native Zlatyu Boyadjiev (1903–76), many idealising the Bulgarian peasantry; some cover entire walls.
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Summer Garden Kalinchev House
The Summer Garden Kalinchev House was built in 1830, features a charming courtyard café and contains (but is not currently exhibiting) 500 works by Bulgarian artists, including Kalinchev.
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Sarafkina Kâshta
Built in 1861 by a rich Turkish moneylender, this fine five-storey National Revival–style house-museum displays antique ceramics, metalwork, woodcarvings, traditional costumes and jewellery.
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Church of St John the Baptist
The Church of St John the Baptist was built in the 10th century and features some of the best-preserved murals from the 14th and 17th centuries. It’s also now occupied by an art gallery.
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Cathedral of the Assumption of the Virgin
Varnas cathedral (1886) is topped with golden onion domes. Note the murals (painted in 1950) and colourful stained-glass windows, though youll have to pay 5 lv if you want to take photos inside.
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Sofia Zoo
Lions, tigers, elephants and bears are among the animals at Sofias small zoo. There are also play areas for children, and a couple of simple cafés. It’s free for children under seven years old.
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Church of Sveti Arhangeli Mikhail & Gavril
The 16th-century Church of Sveti Arhangeli Mikhail & Gavril, built over a ruined medieval church, contains impressive frescoes. The wooden iconostases were also carved by Tryavna artisans.
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Archangels Michael & Gabriel’s Church
The Archangels Michael & Gabriel’s Church was built over the course of a few decades during the 13th and 14th centuries. It remains in relatively good condition, but is usually kept locked up.
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Forty Martyrs Church
The Forty Martyrs Church, in the old Asenova quarter, was built in 1230 to celebrate Tsar Asen II’s victory over the Byzantines. It was used as a royal mausoleum, and then as a mosque by the Turks.
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Samovodska Charshiya
This atmospheric, cobblestoned historical quarter was Veliko Târnovos biggest market square in the 1880s, and remains the place to come to shop, stroll and admire the towns many National Revival–era houses.
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Kableshkov House
Todor Kableshkov is revered as having (probably) been the person who fired the first shot in the 1876 uprising against the Turks. This, his glorious former home (1845) has exhibits about the April Uprising.
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Sveta Marina Church
Built in 1561, Sveta Marina Church was burnt down 50 years later, rebuilt in 1783, and repaired in 1856. Note the 17m-high pagoda-shaped wooden bell tower (1870), and the intricate, 170-year-old iconostasis.
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Church of the Assumption
Across from Forty Martyrs Church is the tiny Church of the Assumption, built in 1923 over a ruined 14th-century church. Its usually closed, but is very pretty, with blue-painted bas-reliefs decorating its sides.
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Sveti Zossim Chapel
This small working church in the shady gardens opposite the bus station was built in 1837, on the foundations of a much older structure. Dedicated to the the patron saint of sailors, it houses several icons.
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Sveti Spas Church
This modest, single-nave church was built in 1609, below ground level, as dictated by the Ottoman authorities of that time. It features some well-preserved murals depicting the life of Christ and the Virgin Mary.
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Balabanov House
Once owned by Luka Balabanov, a wealthy 19th-century merchant, the Balabanov House was completely rebuilt in 1980 according to the original blueprints. It contains modern paintings and antique furniture.
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