Shumen
The town of Shumen is located at the eastern mouth of the Shumen Plateau, on either bank of the Bokloudga river (Poroina - which means torrential). It is 380 km north-east of Sofia. Shumen had once been an old Bulgarian fortification.
The town of Shumen is an old town of many fortresses. Its foundation and development were associated with the fortresses at the eastern end of the Shumen Plateau (in the area of Hisarluka). The famous fortress of Shumen was built in four basic periods: early and late antiquity, and early and late Middle Ages. It was first built by the Thracians (5th century BC) and then consequently inhabited and further constructed by the Romans, the Byzantine, the Bulgarians and the Turks.
The town of Shumen is an old town of many fortresses. Its foundation and development were associated with the fortresses at the eastern end of the Shumen Plateau (in the area of Hisarluka). The famous fortress of Shumen was built in four basic periods: early and late antiquity, and early and late Middle Ages. It was first built by the Thracians (5th century BC) and then consequently inhabited and further constructed by the Romans, the Byzantine, the Bulgarians and the Turks.
Together with the towns of Pliska and Preslav, Shumen was an old Bulgarian fortification of the 7th till 10th centuries and it was developed into a feudal town with a castle and an interior fortress, a number of churches, workshops, etc. (12th-14th centuries).
There are loads of museums in the town (Town Museum of History, the Pancho Vladigerov Museum Complex, the Layosh Koshout House-Museum, the Panayot Volov House-Museum, the Dobri Voinikov House-Museum) which are worth seeing due to their unique appearance and atmosphere. There is also a church - The Sveto Vaznesenie Church (St. Ascension) of 1829 – which is also of interest to tourists and visitors.
There are loads of museums in the town (Town Museum of History, the Pancho Vladigerov Museum Complex, the Layosh Koshout House-Museum, the Panayot Volov House-Museum, the Dobri Voinikov House-Museum) which are worth seeing due to their unique appearance and atmosphere. There is also a church - The Sveto Vaznesenie Church (St. Ascension) of 1829 – which is also of interest to tourists and visitors.
