Alley of Sacred Bulgarian places
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Alley of "Sacred Bulgarian places"

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A memorial alley containing soil from significant and historic locations throughout Bulgaria.

The alley is located in the Sea Garden, just before the National Revival Alley leading toward the Pantheon. It was unveiled on November 1, 2001, by the Municipality of Varna. On the central lawn, 30 black marble plaques are arranged in two facing rows; beneath them lies soil from significant places and figures in Bulgaria’s history.
 

  • Sliven - the birthplace of the Dobri Chintulov (1822-1886)
  • Shipka - a place of epic-heroic battle (August 1877) in Russo-Turkish War (1877 -1878)
  • Dryanovo Monastery - the refuge of Vasil Levski
  • Karlovo - the birthplace of the Apostle of Bulgarian freedom Vasil Levski (1837-1873)
  • Veliki Preslav - the capital of the first Bulgarian kingdom till 971
  • Bansko - the birthplace of the author of "History of Slav" Paisii Hilendarski (1722-1778)
  • Bansko - the birthplace of the Bulgarian Revival activist, popular teacher and painter Neophyte Rilski (1793-1881)
  • Bansko - the birthplace of the great proletarian poet Nikola Vaptsarov (24th of November 1909 - 23rd of July 1942)
  • Byala Cherkva (White church) - the birthplace of the popular teacher, activist and revolutionary Bacho Kiro (1835-1870)
  • Shumen - the birthplace of one of the most prominent Bulgarian writers Dobri Voinikov  (10th of November 1833 - 27th of March 1878)
  • Shumen - birthplace of the apostle of revolutionary District IV, one of the leaders of the April Uprising Panajot Volov (1850 (1851) - 26th of May 1876)
  • Byala - place of death of the apostle of revolutionary District IV, one of the leaders of the April Uprising Panajot Volov (1850 (1851) - 26th of May 1876)
  • Ruse - place of death of Bulgarian revolutionary and leader Stefan Karadzha (11th of May 1840 (1842) - 31st of July 1868)
  • Ruse - place of death of Bulgarian revolutionary Angel Kanchev (1850 - 05th of March 1872)
  • Ruse - native house of the revolutionary family Obretenovi 
    • Baba Tonka Tihova Obretenova (1812-1893)
    • Angel Tihov Obretenov - son (1837-1893)
    • Peter Tihov Obretenov - son (1840 (1844) - 1868)
    • Petrana Tihova Obretenova - daughter (1842-1932)
    • Nicolas Tihov Obretenov - son (1849-1939)
    • George Tihov Obretenov - son (1849 (1850) - 1876)
  • Svishtov - locality Tekir gully, the place at which Russian troops have landed in the liberating Russo-Turkish War (1877-1878)
  • Svishtov - birthplace of the great Bulgarian writer and author of mentality Bai Ganyo - Aleko Konstantinov (01st of January 1863 - 11th of May 1897)
  • Vardim - the place where the detachment of Hadji Dimitar and Stefan Karadzha has landed on the Bulgarian coast (5th - 6th of July 1808)
  • Kozloduy - the place where on May 17, 1876, the detachment of Hristo Botev lands from the ship Radetzki on the Bulgarian coast.
  • Vola Peak - place of death of the great poet and revolutionary Hristo Botev (25th of December 1848 - 20th of May 1876
  • Pleven - the dust of battle sites of the heroic epic of Pleven, in August 1877
  • Thessaloniki - the birthplace of st. Cyril and st. Metodiy founders of the Bulgarian alphabet
  • Zografski Monastery - the only Bulgarian monastery on Mount Athos
  • Athos, Mount Athos - Hilendarski Monastery, a repository of the Bulgarian spirit, the place where Hilendar wrote "Istoriya Slavyanobolgarskaya"
  • Athos, Mount Athos - the grave of Kozma Zografski
  • Pliska - the capital of the first Bulgarian kingdom 893
  • Veliko Tarnovo - the capital of the Second Bulgarian Kingdom (1187 - 1393 year), soil from Tsarevets church Sv. Chetiredeset Machenici (40 Martyrs)
  • Oborishte - Grand National Assembly of Plenipotentiaries of the secret committees decide on the uprising on April 13, 1876
  • Kalofer - the birthplace of the great poet and revolutionary Hristo Botev (1848-1876)
  • Sopot - the birthplace of Ivan Vazov patriarch of Bulgarian literature (1850-1921)

GPS: 43.206642, 27.927816

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