Near the town of Vidin. One of the oldest Bulgarian towns, the successor of the Roman Bononia Vidin is today, as it was in the past, an important commercial centre and port. It is the centre of a rich viticultural region (you might just as well miss the place altogether if you don't taste the Vidin Gumza wine). There is still another thing without which we can't visualize Vidin: the mediaeval Baba Vida's Fortress or Towers private tour guide ephesus. On the occasion of Shakespeare's 400th anniversary, a 'Shakespeariade' was held in this mediaeval setting in which several Bulgarian theatre companies staged Shakespearean plays,using the walls and towers of the old fortress as a fitting decor.
Historically Baba Vida is associated with Pazvantoglou, a despot of the late 18th century and yet a man who had the good idea of replacing the crescent on his mosque with a … heart! Built in the 10th century by the Bulgarians over the remains of the north-eastern part of the Roman wall, the fortress took on its final appearance in the 12th-14th centuries. For the last time it was reconstructed in the 17th and 18th centuries. With its impressive towers and embrasures and with its museum of mediaeval weapons, the fortress represents an interesting tourist sight which attracts visitors from many countries.
What else can you see in Vidin: a park of rare beauty, a museum, and the murals of the St. Panteleimon and St. Petka Churches. The town has its own theatre, amateur opera and orchestra.-Vidin is connected by ferryboat with the Romanian town of Kalafat, and there are five roads and highways and one railway line leading to Sofia.
SHIPKA PASS AND MOUNT STOLETOV
Twelve kilometres from the town of Kazanluk, at the foot of the Balkan Range, rise the gilt domes of a splendid memorial church built to the memory of the soldiers who gave their life in the Russo-Turkish War of Liberation of 1877-1878. From here a good road leads to Mount Stoletov and to the granite monument which recalls to the coming generations the heroic deeds of the handful of Russian and Bulgarian defenders of the Shipka Pass against the army of Syuleiman' Pasha, which numbered 35,OOO.The monument is 51 m tall and on its front side stands the sculpted figure of a lion, representing the Bulgarian people.
BELOGRADCHIK ROCKS
A unique freak of nature, this labyrinth of quaint rock for-mations is situated near the town of Belogradchik. For millions of years nature has worked to sculpt in the red limestone a wonderful world of figures, such as 'Adam and Eve', 'The Schoolgirl', 'The Madonna', 'The Monks'…. At their foot lie the stone walls of the Belogradchik Fortress, which in its present form was completed in the 19th century on the foundations of a very old fortress (4th-6th and 13th-14th centuries).
In Belogradchik there is a Balkantourist hotel with restaurant, and nearby is the Madonna Camp Site. The town lies at the 162nd km of the road Sofia-Vidin, 52 km from Vidin, and 67 km from Mihailovgrad. 28 km from the town is the well- known Rabisha Cave.
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