Rousse

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Sights (9)

National Transport Museum, Bulgaria

Installed on former tracks, with old trains to see.

2.4km

43.8606666725.96361111

Pantheon of National Revival Heroes

A Bulgarian national monument and an ossuary. 39 famous Bulgarians are buried in it, including Lyuben Karavelov, Zahari Stoyanov, Stefan Karadzha, Panayot Hitov, Tonka Obretenova, Nikola Obretenov, Panayot Volov, Angel Kanchev, etc.; 453 more people—participants in Botev's detachment, the Chervena Voda detachment, in the April uprising, and other revolutionaries have been honoured by writing their names in the interior. An eternal fire burns in the middle under the gold-plated dome. The Pantheon is one of the 100 Tourist Sites of Bulgaria. In order to build the Pantheon in 1977, the "All Saints" church in the old Rousse cemetery was demolished. The new building was open for visitors on 28 February 1978. After a public discussion in 2001, the Pantheon was "Christianised" by placing a cross on top of its dome. The "St Paisius of Hilendar" chapel, as well as a museum exposition, were founded then.

2.5km

43.8505555625.96091667

Kaliopa House

A popular name for the Bulgarian "Urban lifestyle of Rousse" museum (Bulgarian: Къща-музей „Градския бит на Русе“), was built in 1864. According to a legend, the house was bestowed upon the beautiful Kaliopa (born Maria Kalish), the wife of the Prussian consul Kalish, by the governor of the Danubian Vilayet, Midhat Pasha, who was in love with her. The façade's design resembles the style of houses in Plovdiv. The frescoes at the upper floor were crafted in 1896. The exposition represents the role of Rousse as a gateway towards Europe, and the influx of European urban culture into Bulgaria at the end of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th century. Sample interior layouts are shown, of a drawing-room, a living-room, a music hall and a bedroom, with furniture from Vienna, as well as collections of urban clothing, of jewellery and other accessories, of silver cutlery and porcelain, which mark the changes present in the daily life of Rousse citizens. The first grand piano, imported into Bulgaria from Vienna, can be seen here.

3.4km

43.8527777825.9525

Rousse Regional Historical Museum

The Rousse Regional Historical Museum is one of the 11 regional museums of Bulgaria. It acts within the Rousse, Razgrad, and Silistra regions. The museum occupies the building of the former Battenberg Palace, previously a local court, built 1879–1882 by Friedrich Grünanger. The Rousse Regional Historical Museum was established in 1904. Its basis are the archaeological collections of Karel and Hermenguild Shkorpil, as well as of the naturalist Vasil Kovachev, which were gathered in the "Knyaz Boris" men's high school of Rousse. The museum holds approximately 140,000 items, including: prehistoric pottery and idol plastic arts. The museum features seven full-time exhibitions, three of them being open-air: the Rock-hewn Churches of Ivanovo, the Medieval city of Cherven and the Roman castle of Sexaginta Prista.

4.0km

43.8440277825.94777778

Rock-hewn Churches of Ivanovo

A group of monolithic churches, chapels and monasteries hewn out of solid rock and completely different from other monastery complexes in Bulgaria, located near the village of Ivanovo, 20 km south of Rousse, on the high rocky banks of the Rusenski Lom, 32 m above the river. The complex is noted for its beautiful and well-preserved medieval frescoes.

10km

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64km

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Balkan Mountains

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119km

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Srebarna Nature Reserve

lake in Bulgaria, Biosphere Reserve in Bulgaria

123km

44.1144444427.07805556

Madara Rider

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Rousse

Rousse is a city on the south bank of the Danube river, in North Bulgaria.

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Climate

Average temperatures

Jan

4.2^°C-3.1

Precipitation: 47.6 mm

Feb

6.2^°C-1.6

Precipitation: 33.2 mm

Mar

13.7^°C3.3

Precipitation: 41.5 mm

Apr

19.6^°C8.7

Precipitation: 51.5 mm

May

26.3^°C13.6

Precipitation: 66.7 mm

Jun

29.8^°C17.1

Precipitation: 67.4 mm

Jul

31.8^°C19.5

Precipitation: 77.3 mm

Aug

31.5^°C18.8

Precipitation: 61.1 mm

Sep

26.9^°C14.3

Precipitation: 31.8 mm

Oct

20.2^°C9

Precipitation: 33.7 mm

Nov

12.8^°C3.8

Precipitation: 59.5 mm

Dec

5.6^°C-1.3

Precipitation: 46.9 mm

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