Regional History Museum - Plovdiv

The Plovdiv Regional Historical Museum is a historical museum in the city of , . Established in 1951, it covers the history of Plovdiv from the 15th century until today. It has three departments, each occupying a separate historic building.
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  • Opening hours:
    Monday—Friday: 9:30 AM—6:00 PM
    Saturday—Sunday: 9:30 AM—5:00 PM
  • Type: Museum
  • Description: history museum in Plovdiv, Bulgaria
  • Also known as: “History Museum in Plovdiv”, “Plovdiv Regional Historical Museum”, and “Plovdiv Regional History Museum”
  • Wheelchair access: no

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Ethnographic Museum and Hissar Kapiya.

Museum
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The Plovdiv Regional is a museum of ethnography in , . Since 1938, it has occupied the 1847 house of the merchant, Argir Kuyumdzhioglu, in the city's Old Town.

City gate
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Hisar Kapia is a medieval gate in 's old town and one of the most famous tourist sights in the city. The gate was built in the 11th century AD over the foundations of a gate from Roman times.

Church
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The Church of Saints Constantine and Helena is a church in , . It is considered to be among the oldest churches in the city. It was built in 337 at the site of an ancient pagan temple in the acropolis on one of the fortified hills.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Old Plovdiv and Kapana.

Suburb
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The old town in Plovdiv is an architectural and historical reserve located on three of 's hills: , Dzhambaz Tepe and Taksim Tepe. The complex has been formed as a result of the long sequence of habitation from prehistoric times to present day and combines the culture and architecture from Antiquity, Middle Ages and Bulgarian revival.

Suburb
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is a suburb.

Suburb
is a Roma ghetto in , dating to 1400s. Residents generally regard themselves as being of the Turkish ethnicity. Its name comes from a mosque, itself named after a Turkish military leader who may have founded the neighborhood.

Regional History Museum - Plovdiv

Latitude
42.14976° or 42° 8′ 59″ north
Longitude
24.75336° or 24° 45′ 12″ east
Open location code
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Open­Street­Map ID
node 2151740079
Open­Street­Map feature
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Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­no
Wiki­data ID
Q1501330
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In Other Languages

From Bulgarian to Ukrainian—“Regional History Museum - Plovdiv” goes by many names.
  • Bulgarian: “Регионален исторически музей Пловдив”
  • Bulgarian: “Регионален исторически музей, Пловдив”
  • Bulgarian: “Регионален исторически музей”
  • Central Kurdish: “مۆزەخانەی مێژووییی ھەرێمی پلۆڤدیڤ”
  • Chinese: “普羅夫迪夫區域史博物館”
  • French: “Musée de l’histoire regionale de Plovdiv”
  • German: “Historisches Museum Plowdiw”
  • Japanese: “プロヴディフ地域歴史博物館”
  • Ukrainian: “Пловдивський обласний історичний музей”

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Highlights include Georgiadi House, Plovdiv and къща Куюмджиоглу.

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