The Varna Archaeological Museum is a historical and archaeological museum located in the city of Varna, Bulgaria. The museum is one of the largest in the country, hosting over 55,000 exhibitions dating from the Paleolithic to the Middle Ages. It’s also known as one of the best developed cultural and scientific centres in Varna.
The Archaeological Museum is situated in a beautiful building, designed in the Neo-Renaissance style by architecture Petko Momchilov and built in 1892-1898 for the Varna Girls’ School. The building was first named “Maria Luiza” which in 1945 was renamed to “D-r Petar Beron”. Nine years later, the Varna Girls’ School became a school for both girls and boys.
The very first archaeological exhibits were collected by Karel Shkorpil and Ananie Iavashov in 1887. In the same year, using all of the collected items, they held a museum in the city library. Four years later they were forced by the Ministry of Education to send the museum exhibits to Sofia for establishing a new national museum. In 1895 Karel Shkorpil held another museum collection in the Girls’ School. The first museum exposition was opened on June 11, 1906.
The Varna Archaeological Museum became a national museum in 1945.
The Museum is a two-floor building, featuring 2150 sq ft of exhibition space, a large inner courtyard, storehouses, as well as a library, an Educational Children’s Museum, a gift shop and a cafeteria.
The Archaeological Museum has very unique and extremely valuable displays from the time of the ancient Thracian Culture, the Ancient Greek and Ancient Roman periods of the region’s history. The museum also has amazing works of Slavic and Proto-Bulgarian ceramics along with the ornaments from the Middle Ages and a very rich collection of sepulchral reliefs and sacred images.
The most famous and interesting museum exhibit is the Gold of Varna, the oldest gold treasure in the world dating to an incredible 4600 to 4200 years BC. It was excavated in 1972 during construction work near the city. It contains about 2000 golden items, including necklaces, bracelets, breast ornaments and vessels. One of the greatest displays of the collection is the golden sceptre-symbol of power of the monarch. Another amazing display is the skeleton of a forty to fifty year old man who is covered with more than 100 pieces of golden jewellery. The whole exhibit occupies three separate exhibition halls.
The Archaeological Museum and its remarkable collections represent Bulgaria through many national and international exhibitions. Museum exhibitions have been established at many famous museums in France, Germany, Japan, Israel, Italy, Spain and Portugal.
Visiting the Museum
The Varna Archaeological Museum is open in the summer from 10am to 5pm, Tuesdays to Sundays and in the winter from 10am to 5pm, Tuesdays to Saturdays.
Address:
Archaeological Museum
41 Maria Luiza Bld
Varna
9000
Bulgaria
Tel: +359 52 681 011
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Sunday, 30 August 2009
Saturday, 29 August 2009
Varna Sea Garden
The Varna Sea Garden is located in the city of Varna, Bulgaria within an area of 30 decares, which makes it the largest public park in the city and also the largest and best known landscape in the Balkans.
The Varna Sea garden has beautiful garden areas including the very quiet and peaceful alleys, all variety of natural green vegetation as well as the great number of significant cultural monuments. Combined this makes the Varna Sea garden worthy for consideration as one of the symbols of Varna.
In 1881 Mihail Koloni, the mayor of the city, proposed to create an urban garden which should be enclosed within the city Theatre, and the Seaside Park. In response to the mayor’s proposal, the famous archaeologist Karel Shkorpil on behalf of the Municipality invited the Czech architecture Anton Novak to join the venture.
Novak, who has become famous for building the Schoenbrunn palace as well as Belvedere palace in Vienna, responded to the invitation and started working on the project. In recognition of his work, the Varna Municipality built him a house near the entrance of the Sea Garden.
Đ¢hat same year the decision was taken for the garden to be extended and improved. In 1908 an alley of National Revival was created. Some of the greatest Bulgarians have been immortalized with monuments in this area, people such as Hristo Botev, Vasil Levski, st.Paisii Hilendarski, Georgi Rakovski, Ljuben Karavelov, Stefan Karadja, Georgi Benkovski, Petar Beron, Vasil Aprilov and many others.
The impressive Sea Garden main entrance was designed by architecture Georgi Popov and established in 1939. The entrance hallmark is a large sundial with a portrait of a swan.
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The Sea Garden has many interesting cultural and natural attractions, the most frequented among them are: the Naval Museum, the Aquarium, the Dolphinarium, the Summer Theatre, the Zoo, the Festival Complex.
The Naval Museum
The Naval Museum was built in the 50s and today is one of the 100th national tourist sites in Bulgaria.
The museum is open in the summer from 10am to 6pm, Monday-Saturday and in the winter from 10am to 5pm, Monday-Friday.
Address:
Naval Museum
2 Primorski Bld.
Sea Garden
Varna
Tel: +359 52 633 015
The Aquarium
The Aquarium was founded in 1932 as the first and only Marine Biological Station in Bulgaria. Here are collections of hundreds of fish species, crabs, helixes, sea-anemones, molluscs along with various inhabitants of freshwater. There is also a special place for preserving the Black Sea natural resources.
The Aquarium is open in the summer from 9am to 8pm and in the winter from 10am to 4pm, Monday-Friday.
Address:
Aquarium
4 Primorski Bld.
Varna
Bulgaria
Tel: +359 52 632 066
The Dolphinarium
The Dolphinarium is one of the favourite attractions for visitor to Varna. There are dolphin performances that are really remarkable and lots of shows with clowns, mimes and actors.
The Dolphinarium open at 12pm, Tuesday-Sunday.
Address:
Dolphinarium
Primorski Park
Varna
Bulgaria
Tel: +359 52 302 199
The Summer Theatre
The Summer Theatre hosts many different events such as the Varna Music Days, the world-famous International Ballet Competition and the Varna Summer Exhibition which is established every three years.
Address:
Summer Theatre
Varna Sea Garden
Varna
Bulgaria
Tel: +359 52 612 803
The Zoo
The Zoo was officially open in 1961. Its first inhabitant was the Maxim bear, who was donated by sailors from the “Georgi Dimitrov”ship. Today there are more than 72 species of animals and birds, 17 of which are found under the animal protection programme.
The zoo is open daily in the summer from 8.30am to 7.30pm and from 8.30am to 4.30pm, in the winter.
Address:
Zoo
Sea Garden
5 Saltanat Reg.
Varna
Bulgaria
Tel: +359 52 302 528
The Festival Complex
The Festival Complex building is located in front of the Sea Garden entrance. It has several stages and conference rooms, a bazaar, as well as a restaurant and a confectionery. This is a place where many exhibitions, opera, ballet and theatre performances are held.
Address:
Festival Complex
2 Slivnica Bld.
Varna
Bulgaria
Tel: +359 52 685 000
Find the cheapest bookings to Varna at Expedia | Travelocity | Lastminute | Opodo
The Varna Sea garden has beautiful garden areas including the very quiet and peaceful alleys, all variety of natural green vegetation as well as the great number of significant cultural monuments. Combined this makes the Varna Sea garden worthy for consideration as one of the symbols of Varna.
In 1881 Mihail Koloni, the mayor of the city, proposed to create an urban garden which should be enclosed within the city Theatre, and the Seaside Park. In response to the mayor’s proposal, the famous archaeologist Karel Shkorpil on behalf of the Municipality invited the Czech architecture Anton Novak to join the venture.
Novak, who has become famous for building the Schoenbrunn palace as well as Belvedere palace in Vienna, responded to the invitation and started working on the project. In recognition of his work, the Varna Municipality built him a house near the entrance of the Sea Garden.
Đ¢hat same year the decision was taken for the garden to be extended and improved. In 1908 an alley of National Revival was created. Some of the greatest Bulgarians have been immortalized with monuments in this area, people such as Hristo Botev, Vasil Levski, st.Paisii Hilendarski, Georgi Rakovski, Ljuben Karavelov, Stefan Karadja, Georgi Benkovski, Petar Beron, Vasil Aprilov and many others.
The impressive Sea Garden main entrance was designed by architecture Georgi Popov and established in 1939. The entrance hallmark is a large sundial with a portrait of a swan.
Find the cheapest bookings to Varna at Expedia | Travelocity | Lastminute | Opodo
The Sea Garden has many interesting cultural and natural attractions, the most frequented among them are: the Naval Museum, the Aquarium, the Dolphinarium, the Summer Theatre, the Zoo, the Festival Complex.
The Naval Museum
The Naval Museum was built in the 50s and today is one of the 100th national tourist sites in Bulgaria.
The museum is open in the summer from 10am to 6pm, Monday-Saturday and in the winter from 10am to 5pm, Monday-Friday.
Address:
Naval Museum
2 Primorski Bld.
Sea Garden
Varna
Tel: +359 52 633 015
The Aquarium
The Aquarium was founded in 1932 as the first and only Marine Biological Station in Bulgaria. Here are collections of hundreds of fish species, crabs, helixes, sea-anemones, molluscs along with various inhabitants of freshwater. There is also a special place for preserving the Black Sea natural resources.
The Aquarium is open in the summer from 9am to 8pm and in the winter from 10am to 4pm, Monday-Friday.
Address:
Aquarium
4 Primorski Bld.
Varna
Bulgaria
Tel: +359 52 632 066
The Dolphinarium
The Dolphinarium is one of the favourite attractions for visitor to Varna. There are dolphin performances that are really remarkable and lots of shows with clowns, mimes and actors.
The Dolphinarium open at 12pm, Tuesday-Sunday.
Address:
Dolphinarium
Primorski Park
Varna
Bulgaria
Tel: +359 52 302 199
The Summer Theatre
The Summer Theatre hosts many different events such as the Varna Music Days, the world-famous International Ballet Competition and the Varna Summer Exhibition which is established every three years.
Address:
Summer Theatre
Varna Sea Garden
Varna
Bulgaria
Tel: +359 52 612 803
The Zoo
The Zoo was officially open in 1961. Its first inhabitant was the Maxim bear, who was donated by sailors from the “Georgi Dimitrov”ship. Today there are more than 72 species of animals and birds, 17 of which are found under the animal protection programme.
The zoo is open daily in the summer from 8.30am to 7.30pm and from 8.30am to 4.30pm, in the winter.
Address:
Zoo
Sea Garden
5 Saltanat Reg.
Varna
Bulgaria
Tel: +359 52 302 528
The Festival Complex
The Festival Complex building is located in front of the Sea Garden entrance. It has several stages and conference rooms, a bazaar, as well as a restaurant and a confectionery. This is a place where many exhibitions, opera, ballet and theatre performances are held.
Address:
Festival Complex
2 Slivnica Bld.
Varna
Bulgaria
Tel: +359 52 685 000
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Sunday, 9 August 2009
Bulgaria Air Flights from Varna
Bulgaria Air is the national flag carrier of the country Bulgaria and is a low to medium cost airline.Varna airport is Bulgaria Air’s second home with its main base being that of the airport in Sofia. Varna is the third largest city in Bulgaria and is the maritime capital of the country; it is also one of the major tourist areas during the summer months.
Varna airport is five miles from the city of Varna and sixty miles from the tourist destination of Sunny Beach. Because of its location many tourists from across Europe travel to Varna Airport through Bulgaria Air on their way to their summer destination of Sunny Beach or the city of Varna itself.
Bulgaria Air travels to five destinations from Varna Airport, these destinations are Berlin (Germany), Amsterdam (Netherlands), London (United Kingdom), Frankfurt (Germany) and Vienna (Austria). This means that Bulgaria Air does not conduct any flights outside of Europe from Varna.
Bulgaria Air Flights from Varna
Berlin (Tegel ) – Once a day indirectly
Amsterdam (Schiphol) – Once a day direct, indirect flights more frequent
London Gatwick – Every day, once a day
Frankfurt International – Every day, once a day
Vienna International – Direct flights once a day, indirect flights more frequent
Bulgaria Air Flights to Varna
Berlin (Tegel ) – Once a day indirectly
Amsterdam (Schiphol) – Once a day direct, indirect flights more frequent
London Gatwick – Every day, once a day
Frankfurt International – Every day, once a day
Vienna International – Direct flights once a day, indirect flights more frequent
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