Storgosia
Storgosia was a Roman road station and later a fortress, located in the modern Kaylaka Park in the vicinity of modern Pleven. It accommodated detachments of Legio I Italica's Novae garrison.Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Panorama and Regional Museum of History.
Panorama
Museum
Photo: Spiritia, Public domain.
Pleven Epopee 1877, more commonly known as Pleven Panorama, is a panorama located in Pleven, Bulgaria, that depicts the events of the Russian-Turkish War of 1877–78, specifically the five-month Siege of Plevna which made the city internationally famous and which contributed to the Liberation of Bulgaria after five centuries of Ottoman rule. Panorama is situated 2½ km northwest of Storgosia.
Regional Museum of History
Museum
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Pleven Regional Historical Museum, founded in 1953, is one of the largest museums in Bulgaria. The museum is situated in a two-story edifice near the centre of Pleven that is a monument of culture of national importance and has an area of 7,000 m2. Regional Museum of History is situated 2½ km north of Storgosia.
Monument ‘Skobelev Squad’
Monument
Photo: Svilen1970, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Monument ‘Skobelev Squad’ is situated 1¼ km southwest of Storgosia.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Pleven and Radishevo.
Pleven
Photo: Atsirlin, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Pleven is a city in North Bulgaria, a major economic and industrial hub. The 1877 Siege of Pleven was one of the key battles of Bulgaria's Liberation War, and it's commemorated in various ways throughout the city, most notably by the Pleven Panorama.
Radishevo
Village
Photo: Svilen1970, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Radishevo is a village, which is situated 3 km east of Storgosia.
Brestovec
Village
Photo: Vasily Polenov, Public domain.
Brestovec is a village, which is situated 3½ km southwest of Storgosia.
Storgosia
- Type: Ruins
- Also known as: “Крепост Сторгозия”
- Categories: archaeological site, ancient city, fortress, and historic site
- Location: Pleven, Bulgaria, Balkans, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
43.38294° or 43° 22′ 59″ northLongitude
24.62865° or 24° 37′ 43″ eastOpen location code
8GM69JMH+5FOpenStreetMap ID
way 117948219OpenStreetMap feature
historic=ruinsWikidata ID
Q743271
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Satellite Map
Discover Storgosia from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Bulgarian to Turkish—“Storgosia” goes by many names.
- Bulgarian: “Сторгозия”
- Dutch: “Storgosia”
- German: “Storgosia”
- Hebrew: “סטורגוסיה”
- Japanese: “ストルゴシア”
- Macedonian: “Сторгозија”
- Romanian: “Storgozia”
- Russian: “Сторгозия”
- Turkish: “Storgosia”
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