The Monument to the Fallen of the Serbo-Bulgarian War of 1885 is the only memorial that highlights the active participation of Varna’s 8th Coastal Infantry Regiment in the war.
In the summer of 1885, the regiment fought victoriously at Slivnitsa, Dragoman, Tsaribrod, and Pirot, losing 249 officers and soldiers. The monument was erected by surviving veterans and built by local craftsmen in about five months.
The monument was inaugurated on September 25, 1894, by King Ferdinand I and Varna Metropolitan Bishop Simeon, in the square in front of the Cathedral.
Rising 8.60 m high, it features a pyramid-like design typical of Russian war memorials, with four white marble commemorative plaques and a gilded St. Andrew’s cross—the only gilded cross in Varna at the time.
After being relocated several times, the monument was finally placed in the small pedestrian square between Varna’s Archaeological Museum and City Hall.
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