Stara Zagora — a city with a thousand-year history!

Despite the selflessness of the city’s defenders and the Russian soldiers, the Turks won that battle, and Stara Zagora was put to the torch. After the liberation, in 1879, the city began to be rebuilt: the day the first stone was laid, 5 October, became the city’s holiday. Yet despite the devastating fire, Stara Zagora has preserved many interesting sights that draw tourists to the ancient city.

A journey through time

The earliest finds on the territory of the city date back to the 6th millennium BC.

The exhibition of the regional history museum is rich in finds from the Stone Age, the Roman period, late antiquity, the Middle Ages and the Revival era.

Here the history of the city unfolds up to the moment of its destruction during the Russo-Turkish War.

On the basement floor of the museum you can see a genuine restored Roman street, discovered on this very spot during archaeological excavations. It is a real journey through time: you can find yourself in the first centuries AD, when the Romans ruled here, simply by going down to the lower floor. Museum visitors can walk along an authentic Roman roadway 6 metres wide, admire the street’s decorations and the panel depicting the Southern Gate of the fortress wall, which has not survived to our day.

• The museum can be visited from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
• The day off is Monday.
• Tickets cost 5 leva, a concession ticket (for pensioners and schoolchildren) costs 1 lev.
• A guided tour in Bulgarian costs 10 leva, in a foreign language (including Russian) — 20 leva.
• The museum has a lift for people with disabilities.

Houses of the Neolithic era

Those who would like to learn about even more distant times should visit the branch of the history museum — the “Neolithic Dwellings” museum, which houses structures erected back in the 6th millennium BC. These are the best-preserved buildings of that period on the entire European continent. The dwellings are located exactly where they were found — the museum was built around them.

Other finds from that era are also displayed here — tools, household items, pottery, sculptures and even musical instruments.

• Tickets cost 5 lv (1 lev for a concession ticket), guided tours — 10 or 20 leva.
• The museum is open from 9:00 to 17:30, with a half-hour break at 12 o’clock.

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