The Union Museum – The museum exposition ” Union of Bulgaria, 1885″ is placed in the close proximity of the Union Square. It is situated in the building that served the Regional meeting of Eastern Rumelia (an autonomous province of the Ottoman Empire). The building housed the National Library of Plovdiv after the Union of  Continue reading »

Alyosha /Bunardzhika Hill/  – It is 234 meters oversea level. The Russian monument is rising on the even part of the hill. It was created in 1881 in honour of the Russian soldiers who died for the Liberation of Bulgaria from the Ottoman Slavery. Aside from it, on the very top of the hill, it  Continue reading »

This remarkable Revival home was built in 1863, entirely in the style of the European classicism. Yet, some foreign explorers have a good reasons to compare the building  to an Italian Palazzo from the Renaissance. Its owner was the famous merchant and Revival social figure, Nikola Nedkovich. The forefront of the house is richly decorated  Continue reading »

There is a unique architectural and historic ensemble formed round the fortified gate in the course of many centuries. The item is among the significant symbols of Plovdiv. The gate has been existing in this same place since the very old days. Under the level of the cobble-stone street pavement there are bases laid in  Continue reading »