SHIPKAMUSEUM.ORG

It was built with the voluntary contributions of the whole nation, according to a design by the architect Donkov and the sculptor Andreev. It was inaugurated on 26 August 1934. The monument resembles a medieval Bulgarian fortress. It is 31.5 m high and 890 steps lead to it. A bronze lion, symbol of the Bulgarian sovereignty, proudly stands out above the central gate. The names of Shipka, Sheynovo and Stara Zagora are written on the other three sides - the battlefields reminding the feat of the Bulgarian volunteers... Today Shipka is in quiet. The once battlefield has been turned into an open-air museum - the National Park-Museum "Shipka"... It was created in 1956 and encompasses the area of the historic places related to the defence of the Shipka Pass during the Russian-Turkish War of 1877/78. It is a complex of monuments, reconstructions of positions, batteries and dug-outs.

Primary location: Kazanlak Bulgaria