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Plovdiv

Bulgaria

Plovdiv

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The city of Plovdiv is the second largest city in Bulgaria and one of the best-preferred travel destinations, not only because of its huge cultural and archaeological heritage, but also due to its central location, offering a variety of tourist attractions and activities. Due to the diverse opprotunities for tourism, the city has been listed in a number of prestigious ranks, among which European Best Destinations 2016. In 2019 Plovdiv will be European Capital of Culture.

Museums & Galleries

The abundance of art galleries and museums makes Plovdiv a must-visit city, famous as the city of artists. There are over 300,000 immovable artefacts in the city's museums from all of the 8 archaeological periods of its history. Temporary expositions also take place to display private collections, or expositions of paintings by young artists.
Panagyurishte Golden Treasure - Regional Archaeological Museum

Panagyurishte Golden Treasure - Regional Archaeological Museum

The treasure consists of nine golden vessels with a total weight of 6.100 kg and was discovered in 1949 near Panagyurishte. The gold beverage set includes a phiale (a dish) and eight rhytons (cups) in the form of different zoomorphic and anthropomorphic figures. The treasure used to be in possession of an unknown Thracian ruler of the Odryssian tribe who reigned at the end of IV c. and the beginning of III c. B.C.

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Regional Archaeological Museum

Regional Archaeological Museum

The Regional Archaeological Museum is one of the oldest cultural institutions in Bulgaria, founded in 1882. Seven temporary collections are exposed in the museum: Prehistoric Art, The Panagyurishte Gold Treasure (Thracian Art), Ancient Greek Art, Roman Art, Medieval Art, Bulgarian Revival Art and a Numismatic Collection. The Antiquity Department of the Museum displays more than 5,000 artefacts illustrating the Thracian-Roman Arts. Diverse collection of over 60,000 coins dated VI c. B. C. - XX c. A. D. can be seen in the museum's Numismatic Department.

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Regional Historical Museum - Exposition of Bulgarian Unification 1885

Regional Historical Museum - Exposition of Bulgarian Unification 1885

The exposition of Unification of Bulgaria - 1885 has been arranged in the building of the Province assembly (the Parliament) of Eastern Rumelia, designed by the architect Pierre Montani. The museum exposition was opened in 1985 on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the Unification of Principality of Bulgaria and East Rumelia. It represents the period beginning with the Treaty of Berlin (1878), till the Serbo-Bulgarian War of 1885. Original items (personal belongings, award tokens, cold steel and firearms), photos and documents belonging to the participants in the Unification and the Serbo-Bulgarian War are displayed in five exhibition halls on area of 900 sq.m.

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Regional Historical Museum - Bulgarian National Revival Exposition

Regional Historical Museum - Bulgarian National Revival Exposition

The Bulgarian National Revival Exposition is displayed in the House of Dimitar Georgiadi in the Old Town, which is a cultural monument of national importance. The house was built in 1848 on commission of the wealthy Bulgarian craftsman Georgi Kendindenoglou and represents the so-called Symmetric Revival house. The exposition traces back the history of Plovdiv in the period XV-XIX century on the area of ten halls and two salons of the house. The halls on the first floor display the ethnic diversity and economic development of Plovdiv during the Ottoman rule. On the second and third floor there is exposition representing the struggle for independent church and education.

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Regional Historical Museum - Exposition of Book Publishing in Bulgaria in 19th-20th century

Regional Historical Museum - Exposition of Book Publishing in Bulgaria in 19th-20th century

The exposition of the Bulgarian book publishing took place in the house of the founder of the modern Bulgarian book publishing Hristo Gruev Danov in 1975. The house was erected in the mid-19th century and is a typical example of a symmetric house from the Revival period. The transition from the ceiling to walls is painted with alternating 12 medallions, four of them depicting Johann Gutenberg. The section of the exposition holds more than 5000 volumes of books, unique publications, geographic maps and school pictures and aids, items of everyday life, personal belongings and correspondence of Hristo Danov and his publisher’s house.

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Museum Center of Modern History - Exposition 'The Soul of Japanese Doll'

Museum Center of Modern History - Exposition 'The Soul of Japanese Doll'

The building was originally an officers’ club, founded in 1895. In 1951 the building was turned into a Museum of the History of Capitalism, Working Class Movement and Socialist Construction. Nowadays it accommodates the Museum Centre of Modern History. The permanent exposition of the museum - The Soul of the Japanese Doll, represents the history of the Japanese traditional dolls. In the large, fully equipped hall there are also arranged art and photographic exhibitions, presentations, seminars and other public events.

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