
Museum of Vasil Levski, Lovech
The Museum of Vasil Levski is located in Architectural and Historic Preserve Varosha – an old neighbourhood in the town of Lovech.
This is one of the most visited sites related to the work and memory of the Apostle of Freedom Vasil Levski, who chose Lovech for the revolutionary capital of Bulgaria. The museum was inaugurated on 19 February 1954 and since 1967 the exhibition has been housed at its current location – the old neighbourhood Varosha in Lovech.
The exhibition in the Museum of Vasil Levski spans two floors and chronicles the work of Vasil Levski and the struggle of the Bulgarian people for national liberation.
Vasil Ivanov Kunchev – Levski is the most revered hero in the history of Bulgaria. A fighter for democracy and freedom, a revolutionary and a proponent of equality, he is one of the chief ideologists and strategists of the struggle for national liberation in the 19th century.
The museum houses the richest collection of Levski’s personal effects in Bulgaria. His sabre and dagger are exhibited here, together with a small printing press, counterfeit Turkish seals, receipts. An original portrait of Vasil Levski from 1870 is also on display in the museum.
Among the exhibits, there are possessions of Levski’s brothers-in-arms and his adherents from Lovech, of participants in the April Uprising /1876/ and the War of Liberation /1877-1878/.
In addition to the Museum of Vasil Levski, in Varosha tourists may also see the Ethnographic Complex, and on top of the hill above the Old City – the Lovech Fortress. Next to it rises the 14-meter Levski Memorial, inaugurated on 27 May 1964.
The Museum of Vasil Levski is listed as one of the best 100 Tourist Sites of Bulgaria. Souvenirs are available for purchase at the museum.
Opening hours
November – March:
8 am -12 pm and 1 pm – 5 pm, every day
April – October:
8 am -12 pm and 2 pm – 6 pm, every day
Admission:
students and seniors – BGN 1;
adults – BGN 2;
For group visits / 10 people/:
– students and seniors – BGN 0.50.
– adults – BGN 1
Guided tour in Bulgarian – BGN 5;
Contacts
Museum of Vasil Levski
14 Marin Poplukanov Str., Lovech
Tel: +359 68 601 407
e-mail: [email protected]
Website: http://lovech-museum.bg/
There are guided tours available at the museum in Bulgarian.
TOURIST INFORMATION CENTER – LOVECH
Contacts
Tel./Fax: +359 68 604218
Tel: +359 68 604248
Tel: +359 68 600997
e-mail: [email protected]
e-mail: [email protected]
2 V. Karakonovski Str., Varosha residential section, town of Lovech, 5500
Services
Offered services: tourist information about Lovech and the region, tourist guide servicing for the tourist sites located in the Architectural and Historical Reserve “Varosha”.
Virtual map
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