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August 9th 2017
Published: November 1st 2017
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Monuments - from supersized to ordinary size When we travelled in Bulgaria we noticed that they have many monuments. Actually some of their monuments are pretty difficult to avoid to notice simply because they are so darned large. Here in our last blog entry from Bulgaria we are going to write about the Bulgarian monuments. Buzludzha Monument - This monument is built on a peak in the Balka... Read Full Entry



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Ake Dahllof and Emma Holmbro
Ake Och Emma
Ake Och Emma
We are Emma Holmbro and Ake Dahllof. We live in Stockholm, Sweden. We have travelled more or less regularly since the mid 1990-ies and it seems like the more we travel the more difficult it is to decide where to go next. Not because we are running out of places to visit but because we find more places we want to go to faster than we manage to travel to them. Some of the things from our travel bucket list we have ticked off since we started this blog in 2006 are Angel Falls in Ven... full info
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Monument in LovechMonument in Lovech
Monument in Lovech
War memorial in PlevenWar memorial in Pleven
War memorial in Pleven
As far as we understand this is a war memorial.
Overgrown statueOvergrown statue
Overgrown statue
Outside Pleven we found this statue hidden behind some trees
Monument of Tsar Boris BaptizerMonument of Tsar Boris Baptizer
Monument of Tsar Boris Baptizer
Monument of Tsar Boris Baptizer in Pliska Village
Monument in Pliska VillageMonument in Pliska Village
Monument in Pliska Village
Even small villages, such as Pliska Village, can have two or perhaps even three statues and/or monuments
Sculpture in ShumenSculpture in Shumen
Sculpture in Shumen
On top of a hill in Shumen stands the largest monument we have ever seen. In central town they also have this sculpture
Statue in ShumenStatue in Shumen
Statue in Shumen
On top of a hill in Shumen stands the largest monument we have ever seen. In central town they also have this statue
Statue in RazgradStatue in Razgrad
Statue in Razgrad
A funny looking statue in Razgrad
MemorialMemorial
Memorial
Memorial built to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Russo-Turkish war.
World Record statueWorld Record statue
World Record statue
This statue of the Virgin Mary and Jesus is in the city Haskovo. It is the tallest statue of the Virgin Mary with the Infant Jesus in the world
Along a roadAlong a road
Along a road
This monument probably stands outside a town welcoming visitors there. We just don't know which town.
Along the roadAlong the road
Along the road
Another one of those monuments along a road which probably stands outside a town welcoming visitors there. Interesting that the man plays a gaida, a kind of bagpipe
Nice moustache dudeNice moustache dude
Nice moustache dude
The guy with this impressive moustache can be found in Melnik
SofiaSofia
Sofia
Looks a bit like a ghost, doesn't it?
Monument in LovechMonument in Lovech
Monument in Lovech
Monument in SofiaMonument in Sofia
Monument in Sofia
Freddy Mercury?Freddy Mercury?
Freddy Mercury?
This statue in Belogradchik reminds us of Freddy Mercury. Seriously, there is a statue of Mr Mercury in Montreux looking like a bit like that: https://www.travelblog.org/Photos/6820556



1st November 2017
Monument to 1300 years of Bulgaria

Rainyb
Lorraine Brecht

The communists sure loved their cement/concrete LOL
2nd November 2017
Monument to 1300 years of Bulgaria

Ake Och Emma
Ake Dahllof and Emma Holmbro

They did
You are absolutely right that they loved concrete. /Ake
1st November 2017
Memorial

Rainyb
Lorraine Brecht

anniversary of the Russo-Turkish war.
2nd November 2017
Memorial

Ake Och Emma
Ake Dahllof and Emma Holmbro

I'll update the text
Thanks for helping me fill in the gaps in my knowledge. I will update the text of the photo. /Ake
1st November 2017
Along the road

Rainyb
Lorraine Brecht

He playing a 'gaida', a bagpipe from the Balkans and Southeast Europe
1st November 2017
Nice moustache dude

Rainyb
Lorraine Brecht

This is likely Panayot Hitov, a Bulgarian revolutionary who remembered for his characteristic moustache.[
2nd November 2017

Rainyb
Lorraine Brecht

I would love to go there just to see all these monuments!
2nd November 2017

Ake Och Emma
Ake Dahllof and Emma Holmbro

Some were spectacular
Some of those monuments are truly spectacular. /Ake
2nd November 2017

Rainyb
Lorraine Brecht

Being curious & a researcher by trade, I enjoy the research. Hope you don't mind.
2nd November 2017

Ake Och Emma
Ake Dahllof and Emma Holmbro

Of course I don't mind
You won't believe how happy it makes me that you read our blog entries and actually find them interesting enough to make comments. I love everybody who makes me happy. Also your comments have on many occations helped me make the blog better. I could use your infomation and improve what I have already created. It is absolutely wonderful that you help me like that. I am a very lucky person to have you and a few other friends who from time to time tell me when I either did not understand something myself or I even got things totally wrong. I owe you a big thanks. I'll buy you a lunch some day for that. /Ake
2nd November 2017

Rainyb
Lorraine Brecht

awwwwwwwww geeeeeeeeeee thanks Ake!
2nd November 2017

Sheri Schroeder
non-member comment

Monuments
Monumental displays of grand proportions!! Wowee! Is this strong and serious characteristic reflected in the people that you met? Thanks for sharing this blog! Sheri
4th November 2017
Buzludzha Monument

samuel david
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Photograph
Hello- I really liked your photograph'Enjoy Communism' is there any way that you can send me a copy of it to my email, and can I get your permission to post it on my Facebook page? I think that it is really cool, the way it is done.
5th November 2017
Monument to 1300 years of Bulgaria

Dancing Dave
David Hooper

Love it
There is something about bold lines and angles in architecture Ake...grabs whether one likes them or not. I for one love the drama in your images in this blog.
5th November 2017
Monument to 1300 years of Bulgaria

Ake Och Emma
Ake Dahllof and Emma Holmbro

Thanks
I did get some help from the sun and the clouds to make this photo pretty good. I got lucky there. /Ake
6th November 2017
Buzludzha Monument

D MJ Binkley
Dave and Merry Jo Binkley

Mountains of monuments
You've done a great job show casing the monuments of Bulgaria.
6th November 2017
Buzludzha Monument

Ake Och Emma
Ake Dahllof and Emma Holmbro

Thanks
Thanks /Ake
6th November 2017

A Small Swede in the Big World
Per-Olof Persson

Fascinating Monuments!
They remind me a lot of some of the monuments I saw in Lithuania. The communists really where big on the massive concrete monuments and cubic art styles! Very interesting read as always, I've enjoyed your series from Bulgaria a lot and I look forward to seeing where your travels take you next!
6th November 2017

Ake Och Emma
Ake Dahllof and Emma Holmbro

Thanks
That tells me that I should make a road trip in Lithuania soon. :-) /Ake

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