Historical Museum

Info Telefon: +359 54 57487

Mon-Fri 9-17 h

Archaeology, Icons, Coins.(c)DatabaseVDrCM-Straten München 2006


 

Museum Complex Panco Vladigerov

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Mon-Fri 9-17 h

Sumen Fortress

Info Telefon: +359 54 580 51

April-Oct.:
8-19 h
(c)DbaseVDrCM-Straten München 2006
Nov.-March:
8.30-17 h

One of the oldest settlements of Bulgaria with rests of a Roman and Byzantine fortified town.
 

Archaeological Museum

Info Telefon: +359 538 2630

April-Oct. 9-18 h, Nov.-March 9-17 h.(c)DatabaseVDrCM-Straten München 2006

An inscription chiseled into an ancient stone column reads that the town was founded by Khan Omourtag. It reached its heyday when Tsar Simeon the Great ruled the country. The year 893 marked important events in the history of the Bulgarian State. A Council was held in Preslav at which they decided to adopt Christianity as the official religion of the Bulgarian State and the Old Bulgarian as the official language. The Council also decreed that the Bulgarian Church was no longer subordinate to the Byzantine Church. They encouraged education and literature, designated Prince Simeon I to reign and moved the capital from Pliska to Preslav.
So Preslav was the second Bulgarian capital city. While Pliska’s layout resembles a military camp Veliki Preslav was designed and built as a typical Medieval town. Even its ruins today look impressive. They sprawl on an area of 3.5 square kilometres. The builders of Preslav were the first in Europe to put up two concentric rings of fortress walls. Even today you can see remains of the fortress wall, the round Eastern tower, the North and the South Gates, the Palace and its adjacent buildings. Written documents and fragments of the interior decoration reveal that the Grand Throne Hall and the royal apartments made visitors to marvel at the grandeur and splendour of the Palace.