TOURIST SITES IN SILISTRA

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TOURIST SITESIN SILISTRA

• REGIONAL HISTORY MUSEUM
• SILISTRA

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NAAR Dorustorum- Drastar Silistra

• NAAR Dorustorum- Drastar Silistra , declared
  such by a decree of the Ministers Council ? 627/
  28.12.1971 The issues on building and
  preservation are regulated by Act 1/01.06.1976.
  The borders of the reserve are updated with a
  protocol of NHMC of 1992 , approved by the
  Minister of Culture. Total protected area under
  different modes 90of the territory of the town
  of Silistra.

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ARCHAEOLOGICAL MUSEUM
The building was constructed in the period
1923-1924 as a branch of the Roumanian National
Bank in the town. Since 1990 it has been housing
the Archaeological display of the History museum
Silistra. It occupies an area of 400 sq.m. and
artefacts from prehistoric, ancient and medieval
epochs are on display here. 
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ARCHAEOLOGICAL MUSEUM
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ARCHAEOLOGICAL MUSEUM
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ARCHAEOLOGICAL MUSEUM
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ARCHAEOLOGICAL MUSEUM
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ARCHAEOLOGICAL MUSEUM
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ARCHAEOLOGICAL MUSEUM
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ARCHAEOLOGICAL MUSEUM
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ARCHAEOLOGICAL MUSEUM
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Northern fortified wall
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Northern fortified wall
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Southern fortified wall
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BASILICA OF THE LATE ANTIQUITY
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ROMAN TOMB IV C.
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ROMAN TOMB IV C.
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ROMAN TOMB IV C.
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ROMAN TOMB IV C.
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ROMAN TOMB IV C.
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ROMAN TOMB IV C.
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Ethnographical exhibition of the History museum
Silistra
The exhibition of the Ethnography museum
occupies an area of 300 sq. m. It comprises
artefacts featuring the lifestyle and the culture
of the Dobrudja people in the Silistra region
from the middle of the XIX c. to the beginning of
the XX c.
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Ethnographical exhibition of the History museum
Silistra
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Ethnographical exhibition of the History museum
Silistra
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Ethnographical exhibition of the History museum
Silistra
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MEDIEVAL BASILISCA
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MEDIEVAL BASILISCA
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MEDIEVAL BASILISCA
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MEDIEVAL BASILISCA
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MEDIEVAL BASILISCA
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Turkish fort Abdul Medjidi (Medjidi Tabia)
It is situated south of Silistra and is the best
preserved of the six points of the Turkish
fortification system, which played an important
role in the Russian-Turkish wars of 1853-1856 and
1877-1878. The idea for the construction of this
system of military fortifications belongs to the
German military engineer Helmut fon Moltke, who
visited the town in 1837. The fortress is built
in the period 1841-1853.
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Turkish fort Abdul Medjidi (Medjidi Tabia)
In 1847 it was built by the Sultan Abdul Medjid,
who showed an interest in it and so it was called
after him Medjidi Tabia. The fortified wall is
hexagonal and rises up to 8 metres in height.
Adjacent to it is a moat, which used to function
both as a barrier and a camouflage. The
construction of the fortress was completed
during the reign of the District governor Said
Pasha right before the Crimean Car. The fortress
facilities took part in the Crimean war which
broke out in 1853 in Silistra.
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Kurshumlu mosque
Kurshumlu mosque in Silistra is declared a
monument of culture of local importance. The
building was constructed in the first decades of
the XVI c and best reflects the mastership of the
Osman architects. It got its name after the lead
layers covering its dome. Like every mosque
built under the Osman dynasty, the Kurshumlu
mosque faces Meka.
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ART GALLERY
The Gallery was open on 3rd March 1972 and is
being housed in the most representative building
of the district centre. It was built at the end
of XIX c. for the Pedagogical school, which was
about to open. The collection work itself
started a few years before the opening of the
gallery.
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ART GALLERY
In the fund repository of the Silistra Art
Gallery over 1,500 works of art are kept, namely
paintings, black and white drawings, sculptures,
as well as the exceptionally valuable works of
great Bulgarian artists such as Stoyan Venev,
Vladimir Dimitrov-Maistora, Danail Dechev, Dechko
Uzunov, Ilia Petrov, Zlatyo Boyadjiev, Nenko
Balkanski, Tsanko Lavrenov, Vassil Barakov, Boris
Ivanov, Vassil Stoilov, Panayot Panayotov,
Alexander Poplilov, etc.
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St. Peter and Paul Shrine Temple
St. Peter and Paul Shrine is declared monument of
culture and was built after the Crimean War by
the leading Bulgarian school in the Revival
period, called Dryanov School of Architecture.
The murals were painted by the great Bulgarian
painter Prof. Kozhuharov.
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St. Peter and Paul Shrine Temple
During his visit to Bulgaria in 2001 the Pope
John Paul II gave some of the sacred relics of
St. Dassii as a gift to Silistra Christian
community. The relics right shoulder bone are
laid in a marble shrine box, which is kept in the
Apostles St. Peter and Paul Metropolis Cathedral
Temple. So far these have been the only
authentic relics on display of a saint-martyr of
early Christian times, whose name is known.
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The Interior design of the temple church and an
icon of XVII c.
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Armenian church mid-XIX c.
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The Russian Old-ritual church in the Tataritsa
residential quarter
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The church in Kalipetrovo from 1847
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The monastery near the village of Aidemir
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Forthcoming events

• Data collection
• Labelling the objects as part of a marking
  information system
• Training of adolescents
• Creating tourist products
• Promotional activities

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Target tourist groups

• Children and students
• Families
• Regular flow of holidaymakers on package tours at
  the Black Sea coast
• Individual tourists, not as part of package tours
• Staff in culture or tourism institutions

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Training

• Of museum staff
• Of guides
• Of people offering tourist services, such as
  hotel or restaurant staff, craftsmen, etc

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Tourist products

• Working out routes, specialised tours on specific
  topics
• Crafts works, souvenirs, replicas and models of
  objects, dolls in traditional Bulgarian costumes,
  badges, postcards and leaflets
• Promotional activities brochures, maps, signs,
  billboards, information posters and tables,
  internet materials list of addresses of
  information centres and a website