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Varna Cathedral
Varna Cathedral is one of the symbols of the city. Its construction lasted 6 years (1882-1886) and the first stone in the construction of the temple was laid by Prince Alexander I Battenberg in 1880. The chosen name, "The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin", was in memory of Empress Maria Alexandrovna, a Bulgarian benefactor and aunt of the prince .
Тhe construction used mainly local materials: preserved cut stones from the destroyed fortress wall of the ancient city Odessos. The inner columns are made of solid stone and the outer columns below the windows are made of Rousse stone. The copper sheets for the roof and the cubes are shipped from England.

The temple was erected in 1885. In September the roof was completed and on 30 August 1886 the first liturgy was held.
The complete painting of the temple began after 1949, under the direction of Nikolay Rostovtsev, who donated the murals. The chandeliers, mounted in 1952, are made by the carver Peter Kushlev and in the 60s of the twentieth century the stained-glass windows were made.
The church is 35 x 35 m in size. In 1941-1943 the bell tower/38 m high/ and the domes were built. Thus, the church becomes the second highest in the country after the Patriarchal Church of ,,St.Alexander Nevsky’’ in Sofia .
Located in the very center of Varna, today the Cathedral of the Assumption is one of the most famous buildings in the city. A temple of worship for the Varna people, and at the same time a landmark in the routes of tourists, the cathedral has become one of the symbols of Varna

Archeological Museum

The Varna Archaeological Museum is one of the oldest in Bulgaria, with great traditions in science and museum work. It was created as an archaeological collection in 1887 and in 1906 its first exposition was presented to the public. Its structure also includes two open-air museums: Roman Thermae (II-III c.) With an area of 7000 square meters - the fourth largest in Europe and carved in the rocks, the medieval Aladja Monastery (XIV c.),

With a separate an exhibition of early Christian mosaics (5th c.) and icons from the 19th c. On an area of 2000 square meters, with the tens of thousands of exhibits are presented the sections: Prehistory (40,000 - 1200 BC), Antiquity (VIII c. BC - VI c. AD), The Middle Ages (VII-XVIII centuries) and Numismatics - with a rich collection of various coins from the 6th century BC. to the eighteenth century.
All the exhibits on display were discovered during excavations in Varna (ancient Odessos) and the region. Among them, of course, the oldest gold in the world is more than 3,000 objects found in a necropolis near Varna - over 6 kg of gold. objects of middle and late chalcolithic (4600-4200 BC). Also attracting attention are the largest collections in Bulgaria of antique terracotta statuettes (5th c. BC), glass vessels (4 c. BC - 6 c. BC) and lamps (5 c. BC). - 7th c. AD, as well as medieval gold and silver jewelry (12th-14th c.). An extremely valuable collection of antique gold ornaments and objects (5th century BC - 6th century AD), some of which are unique.
Traditionally, one of the museum's wings features a collection of Bulgarian icons from the fourteenth and nineteenth centuries, the second largest in the country. One of the attractions for young visitors and students is the renovated 2013 Museum of Education, with restorations of prehistoric and medieval dwellings and technology that they can study on site.

St. Nicholas the Wonderworker
St. Nicholas the Miracle worker is an Orthodox church in the center of Varna. It is known as the Sailor's Church.
City legends say that the temple was built after a vow to God and to the protector of sailors St.Nicholas the Miracle worker. In 1858 or 1859 the Greek merchant and Russian citizen of Varna Paraskeva Nikolaou traveled to Odessa during a terrible storm in the Black Sea . The frightened merchant swore that if he returned home safe, she would build a church and a hospital in honor of the saint. According to the same sources, to this day there is no other church built with the funds of only one person.

In 1927 two Bulgarian sea captains took an icon from the temple to God's tomb in Jerusalem , consecrated it and returned it. Since then, the church has been accepted as the Sea Temple in Bulgaria and until 1944 the oaths of the Varna sailors were performed in it. From 2000, a ship's anchor was placed at the entrance of the temple - a symbol of seafaring.

SEA GARDEN

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