800 square meters carrying nearly 400 mosaic fragments have been processed so far by the team working on the restoration and conservation of the floor mosaics of the Grand (Bishop’s) Basilica in Plovdiv. The overall area of the mosaics, which will be on display at the Basilica, is more than 2000 square meters. In January 2018 the mosaics of three ancient sites in Plovdiv were registered in UNESCO’s World Cultural Heritage list. Photos: BTA
A large exhibition marking the 110th birth anniversary of prominent Bulgarian painter Vassil Ivanov (1909-1975) is the accent in the programme of National Gallery “Dvoretsa” (the Palace) for the next two months. Until May 19 people in the capital city will be able to see over 90 works of one of the most specific Bulgarian artists. A large number of them fall into the trend of “cosmic graphics”, of which according to the New York Encyclopedia of Fine Arts, Vassil Ivanov is the founder. Photo: BGNES
Being one of the most bizarre, yet beautiful landmarks in Bulgaria but also in the world, the cliffs of Belogradchik attract numerous tourists, especially in summer when an opera festival is organized there. In 2009 they were..
In December 2000, in the mound "Roshavata Chuka" near the village of Aleksandrovo close to Bulgaria’s Haskovo, a team of archaeologists led by Dr. Georgi Kitov (1943-2008) came across one of the most impressive historical finds in Bulgaria –..
A special exhibition in the building of the Sofia Municipality with 160 works by Ivan Shishiev shows his point of view on architectural landmarks of Sofia, a chronicle of moments of life in the open spaces of the capital city and the specifics of..
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