On 22nd of May 1968 the first astronomical complex started operating in Bulgaria. It was named after the Polish scholar Nicolaus Copernicus and included an astronomical observatory, planetarium, and a Foucault pendulum tower.
There is a monument of Copernicus in front of the planetarium entrance and its authors are prof. L. Dalchev and P. Atanassov.
GPS: 43.201822, 27.922469
