The Pleven Panorama

The most important and remarkable thing when you visit Pleven is the Panorama hall.

Nowadays there are 33 panoramas all over the world. One of them with the biggest dimensions is constructed in Pleven, about 170 km to the north-west of city of Sofia. Pleven is one of the largest Bulgarian towns with a millennium history and full of historical sights.

Pleven became internationally famous with the five-month battles during the Russian-Turkish war 1877-78 as a result of which Bulgaria was liberated from the 500 years of Ottoman yoke. The Pleven Epopee 1877 Panorama depicts these events combining painting, plastics and architecture in a whole artwork. It was painted by a team of 11 Russian and 2 Bulgarian artists. The Panorama was officially unveiled on 10 December 1977.

Everything there is very realistic and where ever you stay, you feel as if you're in the center of the battlefield!

The park of "Skobelev" is located on the very battle field where the army of General Skobelev defeated the Turkish troops on 10 th December 1877 and since then it was called "The death valley". The bone-vault, House-museum "Stoyan and Vladimir Zaimovi", authentic cannons, many mounds and monuments are located in the park.

The Pleven Epopee 1877 Panorama depicts these events combining painting, plastics, and architecture in a magnificient way. Created in honour of the 100-th anniversary of the Pleven Epopee analogically to the Borodin Panorama in Moscow.

A team of thirteen Russian and Bulgarian artists created a feeling of authenticity and empathy for the battle fought on 11 September 1877.

Nowadays there are 33 panoramas all over the world, the biggest of them being the one in Pleven.