Shumen Fortress

The Shumen Fortress is an archaeological site overlooking the city of in north-eastern . It is an ancient fortress with historical links to a village nearby traced to early Iron Age and later owned by the Thracians in the 5th century BC.
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Wikipedia
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  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: archaeological site overlooking the city of Shumen in Bulgaria
  • Also known as: “historical and archaeological reserve ‘Shumen fortress’” and “Shumen fortress”
  • Wheelchair access: no

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Безистен and Dobri Voynikov - 1856.

Historic building
Photo: Esther Westerveld, CC BY 2.0.
is a historic building, which is situated 1½ km northeast of Shumen Fortress.

Community center
Photo: Izvora, Public domain.
is a community center, which is situated 2½ km northeast of Shumen Fortress.

Theater building
Photo: Feradz, CC BY 3.0.
is a theater building, which is situated 2½ km east of Shumen Fortress.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Shumen and Osmar.

Photo: Wikimedia, CC0.
is a city in the of , notable for the huge Monument looming over the city and its proximity to two medieval capitals of Bulgaria, Pliska and Preslav, and the Madara Rider, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Village
Photo: Izvora, Public domain.
is a village, which is situated 6 km southwest of Shumen Fortress.

Village
Photo: Izvora, Public domain.
is a village in the municipality of Preslav, Shumen Province, north-eastern Bulgaria. As of 2007 it has 408 inhabitants. Up to 1899 the village was called Chatalar and was then renamed to Tsar Krum and in 1977 to Khan Krum, after Krum who ruled Bulgaria between 803 and 814. is situated 6 km south of Shumen Fortress.

Shumen Fortress

Latitude
43.26253° or 43° 15′ 45″ north
Longitude
26.89461° or 26° 53′ 41″ east
Open location code
8GM87V7V+2R
Open­Street­Map ID
node 980636990
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­castle
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­no
Wiki­data ID
Q1408968
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Ukrainian—“Shumen Fortress” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Xumen gotorlekua”
  • Bulgarian: “ГАНКЦ Шуменска крепост”
  • Bulgarian: “историко-археологически резерват ‘Шуменска крепост’”
  • Bulgarian: “Старият град”
  • Bulgarian: “Шуменска крепост”
  • Bulgarian: “Шуменската крепост”
  • Catalan: “fortalesa de Xumen”
  • Catalan: “Fortalesa de Xumen”
  • French: “forteresse de Choumen”
  • French: “Forteresse de Choumen”
  • Georgian: “შუმენის ციხესიმაგრე”
  • German: “Festung Schumen”
  • German: “Star grad”
  • Macedonian: “Шуменска тврдина”
  • Romanian: “Cetatea Șumen”
  • Russian: “Шуменская крепость”
  • Spanish: “Fortaleza de Shumen”
  • Spanish: “Fortaleza Shumen”
  • Ukrainian: “Шуменська фортеця”

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