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Tombul Mosque

is a mosque located in Shumen, is the largest mosque in Bulgaria and among the largest on the Balkans.Built between 1740 and 1744, it was initially located in the northeastern Bulgarian (then Ottoman) town's centre, but is now in Shumen's southwest parts as the town centre shifted.The mosque's name comes from the shape of its dome.The mosque's complex consists of a main edifice (a prayer hall), a yard and a twelve-room extension (a boarding house of the madrasa).The main edifice is in its fundamental part a square, then becomes an octagon passing to a circle in the middle part and is topped by a spheric dome that is 25 m above ground.The interior has mural paintings of vegetable life and geometric figures and features a lot of inscriptions in Arabic, phrases from the Quran.The yard is known for the arches in front of the twelve rooms that surround it and the minaret is 40 m high.

Shumen fortress

is located on the plateau, near the town of Shumen.The castle is located two kilometers west of the town of Shumen.The region is an important crossroads of routes linking the Danube bank (in Silistra) to Adrianople and Constantinople and the northern Black Sea coast with the western Bulgarian lands.The place was inhabited more than 3000 years - Archaeological studies show that the area was inhabited as early as the XII century BC.The first inhabitants here are the Thracians, probably from the tribe gaiters.Around 1200 BC they built the first settlement, which originally was not fortified. Thus Shumen fortress is a peer of Priamova Troy (or more precisely, of Troy VIIb layer). It is believed that around V century BC, built a wall that is not preserved today.is one hundred tourist sites Open year round, has a seal. As it works and museum.The castle is among the best studied archaeological monuments in our country. Excavations were conducted during the 1,957th - 1,987th on (Most active during the 1974 - 1981 on). When they were discovered three walls - Roman, early Byzantine (later used by the Bulgarians and Ottomans) and the Second Bulgarian State, with a typical period for each tower. Found the remains of the early Byzantine bathroom drains, two water reservoirs, 12 churches (including the so-called "cult center" where the basis of four churches in one place), citadel.

Founders of the Bulgarian State Monument

is a large monument built on a plateau above the city of Shumen, Bulgaria. It was built in 1981 to commemorate the 1300th anniversary of the First Bulgarian Empire.The monument is built in concrete in a Cubist style, and designed by Bulgarian sculptors Krum Damyanov and Ivan Slavov. It is reached by a processional concrete stairway from Shumen, or by road[2]. It stands at a height of 450 m above sea level and can be seen from 30 km away.

Madara Horseman

a World Heritage Site and an only such example of medievel rock art in Europe, is an ancient (710 AD) monument usually attributed to the Bulgar culture and lies some 20 km from Shumen.is an early medieval large rock relief carved on the Madara Plateau east of Shumen in northeastern Bulgaria, near the village of Madara.The Madara Rider is depicted on the obverse of smaller Bulgarian coins (1 to 50 stotinki) issued in 1999 and 2000.A June 29, 2008, official survey on the design of Bulgaria's future euro coins was won by the Madara Horseman with 25.44 percent of the votes.The relief depicts a majestic horseman 23 m (75 ft) above ground level in an almost vertical 100 m (328 ft)-high cliff. The horseman, facing right, is thrusting a spear into a lion lying at his horse's feet.An eagle is flying in front of the horseman and a dog is running after him. The scene symbolically depicts a military triumph.The dating means the monument was created during the rule of Bulgar Khan Tervel, and supports the thesis that it is a portrayal of the khan himself and a work of the Bulgars, a nomadic tribe of warriors which settled in northeastern Bulgaria at the end of the 7th century AD and after merging with the local Slavs gave origin to the modern Bulgarians.Other theories connect the relief with the ancient Thracians, claiming it portrays a Thracian god.

Shumen Drama Theatre

is located on the Boulevard "Slavic" and a cast consisting of 30 people.He is known for the first theatrical performance in Bulgaria.Each year 11 to May 16 in the theater are held Drumevi theater festivals New Bulgarian Drama aimed at promoting and realizing the dramatic works of Bulgarian authors.

August - December
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