Museum of History
Museum of History is a museum in Karlovo, Plovdiv which is located on Възрожденска. Museum of History is situated nearby to the church Св. Николай Чудотворец, as well as near Vasil Levski square.Photo: Gitanes232, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Opening hours: Monday—Friday 8:30 AM—8:00 PM
- Type: Museum
- Description: museum in Bulgaria
- Also known as: “Historical Museum” and “Istoricheski muzeĭ”
- Address: Възрожденска 4, Карлово, 4300
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Vasil Levski and Kurshum Mosque.
Vasil Levski
Memorial
Photo: Gitanes232, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Vasil Levski Monument stands in Vasil Levski Square in Karlovo, Bulgaria, between the churches of St. Nicholas and the Holy Mother. The foundation stone of the monument was laid on 15 May 1903, in front of prince regnant Ferdinand I.
Kurshum Mosque
Mosque
Photo: Edal, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Kurshum Mosque, officially the Kurshum Djamia Mosque, is a mosque located in Karlovo, in the Plovdiv Province of Bulgaria. The Kurshum Mosque was built in 1485 by Karlu Ali Bey. Kurshum Mosque is situated 630 metres north of Museum of History.
Levski Hydroelectric Plant, Karlovo
Power station
Photo: Vislupus, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Levski Hydroelectric Plant, Karlovo is a power station, which is situated 2 km north of Museum of History.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Karlovo and Sopot.
Karlovo
Photo: MrPanyGoff, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Karlovo is a beautiful town of about 20,000 inhabitants in the Balkan Mountains of Bulgaria. It's best known as the birthplace of Bulgarian national hero Vasil Levski who organised an uprising against the Ottoman rule in the late 19th century.
Sopot
Town
Photo: MrPanyGoff, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Sopot is a Bulgarian town situated in the fertile sub-Balkan Karlovo Valley, which is the western part of the famous Rose Valley, immediately below the steep southern slopes of the Troyan Balkan Mountains. Sopot is situated 4½ km northwest of Museum of History.
Anevo
Village
Photo: Litev, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Sopot Municipality is a municipality in Plovdiv Province, Bulgaria. The municipality consists only of two places: the town of Sopot and the village of Anevo. Anevo is situated 7 km west of Museum of History.
Museum of History
- Categories: building, tourism, and tourist attraction
- Location: Karlovo, Plovdiv, Bulgaria, Balkans, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
42.63668° or 42° 38′ 12″ northLongitude
24.80629° or 24° 48′ 23″ eastOpen location code
8GJ6JRP4+MGOpenStreetMap ID
way 181627331OpenStreetMap feature
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tourism=museumWikidata ID
Q38654961
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In Other Languages
From Bulgarian to Slovak—“Museum of History” goes by many names.
- Bulgarian: “Исторически музей – Карлово”
- Czech: “Historické muzeum”
- Czech: “Исторически музей”
- German: “Historisches Museum”
- Polish: “Muzeum Historyczne”
- Slovak: “Historické múzeum (Karlovo)”
- Slovak: “Historické múzeum”
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