The largest Bulgarian port on the Danube (160,000 inhabitants). Important railway station on the line connecting the northern countries of Europe with the Near East. An industrial, agricultural and cultural centre of an important region in the country. Although rising where the ancient Roman town of Sexaginta Prista (the city of the 60 ships) stood, it is a relatively new place. The Turks built a new town here, Cherven or Rousse. During the last centuries of their rule the Turks paid great attention to Rousse which was a strategic fortress.
On visiting Rousse, the major sights are the following:
Friendship Bridge – linking across the Danube Rousse with the Romanian town of Giurgiu (Gyurgevo).
The Lipnik National Park and the Prista Fishermen's Hut.
The Ivanovo Rock Monastery (13th century) – 20 km from the town, and the Roman town of Abritus – 65 km from Rousse.
Hotels: Warsaw- tel. 2-40-61, Dounav – 2-67-19, Republica – 2-67-94, Riga.
PLEVEN
The largest town in the Danubian Plain and the regional centre, with 107,000 inhabitants, Pleven is closely connected with the history of Bulgaria and especially with the historic battles during the Russo-Turkish War of Liberation of 1877-1878, a testimony to which are more than 100 monuments. Today they are visited by all, but most of all by Soviet tourists ephesus sightseeing.
In the centre of the town stands the Mausoleum, in which the bones of the Russian and Romanian soldiers are kept, who gave their lives for the frxlom of the town. There is also a Museum of Pleven's Liberation, the Skobelev Museum-Park; other museums are in the nearby villages of Grivitsa and Pordim.
Remarkable for its layout is the Kailuka National Park, with restaurahts, akes and sports facilities.
Hotels: Balkan – 31-10, Rostov-on-Don, 2 Alexiev St., tel. 70-95; Kailuka, tel. 35-15; Kailuka Camp Site – with 20 bungalows with 40 beds.
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