All Attractions in Veliko Tarnovo

The Bishop’s Bridge in Veliko Tarnovo was built 250 years ago. It was raised over the Yantra River in 1774. The bridge connects the two biggest attractions of Veliko Tarnovo – the fortresses of Tsarevets and Trapezitsa. The bridge is located in the Assen’s neighbourhood, near the restored Shishmanov’s bath, the churches of St. Dimitar, „The Assumption of Virgin Mary“, „St. Read more...

The temple “St. Forty Martyrs” at the foot of Tsarevets hill in Veliko Tarnovo was built by Tsar Ivan Assen in honor of his victory at Klokotnitsa against the despot of Epirus Theodor Komnin. The battle was won on 9 March 1230. This is one of the few cases in which the Bulgarian Tsar Ivan Assen resolved the political issues Read more...