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Church of Sveti Georgi
Along ul Angel Kânchev the impressive St Georgi Church , completed in 1852, features some beautiful icons and carvings.
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Cultural Center Thrakart
Visible through floor-to-ceiling windows in the Tsar Obedinitel underpass, Cultural Center Thrakart contains extensive Roman floor mosaics and various artefacts from Roman (and earlier) times. Concerts are performed on the centre’s small stage.
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St Sarkis Armenian Apostolic Church
The elegant St Sarkis Armenian Apostolic Church was built in 1842 and features a barrelled wooden ceiling and a wonderful collection of naive icons. It’s normally closed, but the custodian will be happy to open it up for you if he’s around.
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Party House
This domineering Stalinist monolith, built in 1953, was once the headquarters of the Bulgarian Communist Party. It is now used as government offices. The red star that perched on top of the building is now in the Museum of Socialist Art .
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House Museum of Neofit Rilski
Occupying a former schoolhouse, this house museum exhibits manuscripts by, and photos of, Rilski (1793–1881), the father of Bulgarian secular education, who created an early Bulgarian grammar textbook (1835), and a Bulgarian–Greek dictionary.
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Veliko Târnovo Archaeological Museum
Housed in a grand old building with a courtyard full of Roman sculptures, the museum contains Roman artefacts and medieval Bulgarian exhibits including a huge mural of the tsars, plus some ancient gold from nearby neolithic settlements.
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Open Market
Kazanlâk’s pazar (open market) is a very entertaining, dusty, all-purpose place that offers a truly characteristic Balkan shopping experience: if you happen to be around on a Tuesday or Friday, the market’s busiest days, be sure to stop by.
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Obshtinski Pazar (Municipal Market)
Shop with the locals at this large warren of shops, which sells everything from fruits and vegetables to clothes and electronics supplies. The market’s entrance is located opposite ul Tsar Simeon where it meets the park’s southwestern edge.
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Bacho Kiro Cave
From the bridge near the car park, a 400m path leads through lush forest to the 1200m-long Bacho Kiro cave , inhabited during the Palaeolithic era. It is a long, well-lit cave, and guided tours are offered, though aren’t really necessary.
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Southern Fortress Wall & Tower Museum
The reconstructed walls and walkways along the rocky coastline, and a 4th-century BC well that was once part of a temple to Aphrodite here are free to explore; the views are ridiculously glorious. The attached museum is a bit of an anticlimax.
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Clock Tower
The Clock Tower, on the site of Bulgarias first insurance company, is a popular meeting point. Located on the square at the corner of ul Alexandrovska and ul Daskalov, the clock tower stands, of course, over the Honorary Consulate of Mongolia.
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Uhlovitsa Cave
Uhlovitsa Cave, about 3km northeast of Mogilitsa, boasts numerous waterfalls (most spectacular in winter) and some bizarre formations, but requires private transport; check with the Marsalitsa Club or Smolyan Tourist Information Center for more details.
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Lamartine House
Built in 1830, the Lamartine House, also called the Georgi Mavridi House, belongs to the Union of Bulgarian Writers. The building is named after French poet Alphonse de Lamartine, who stayed for three days in 1833, during his ‘travels in the Orient’.
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Nature Information Centre
Anyone visiting the reserve must first go to the Nature Information Centre in Bâlgarevo village, about halfway between Kavarna and Kaliakra Cape. The centre features a display (in English) about the flora, fauna and marine life of the Black Sea.
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Cherven Fortress
Just outside the village of Cherven, 15km south of Ivanovo, are the remains of a remarkably intact 6th-century citadel. Several streets, towers and churches have also been discovered, and there are great views of the river valleys and hills from the top.
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Wine From Bulgaria Museum & Oenology Collection
In the Hindlian House cellar, the so-called Wine from Bulgaria Museum & Oenology Collection conducts wine tastings (10 lv per person for three wines). A braver endeavour, the full tasting of 10 wines, costs 40 lv. Specialist courses are also offered.
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State Gallery of Fine Arts
The State Gallery of Fine Arts, occupying a mansion from 1846, contains outstanding works by 19th- and 20th-century masters such as Goshka Datsov, Konstantin Velichkov and Nikolai Rainov. Look out also for works by Georgi Mashev and Vladimir Dimitrov.
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Museum of the Urban Lifestyle in Ruse
Built in 1866, this elegant townhouse features some recreated period rooms, with19th-century furniture, paintings and chandeliers upstairs. Downstairs there are changing exhibitions on social themes such as education, childhood and domestic life.
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Sveti Sofronni Vrachanski Church
A relaxing stroll takes you through the nearby museum gardens . The adjacent Sveti Sofronni Vrachanski Church is also worth seeing. Get there from the central square along ul Hristo Botev, and turn right along the cobblestone lane of ul Gen Leonov.
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Cherepish Monastery
The 14th-century Cherepish Monastery was, like Chiprovtsi’s, torched, toppled and rebuilt repeatedly during the Ottoman period. Like many other monasteries, it was used by rebels as a hiding place before and during the Russo-Turkish War (1877–78).
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