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Astronomical Observatory |
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 The Astronomical observatory of the Institute of Astronomy to the Bulgarian Academy of Science uses three telescopes - 60 cm Kasagren, 36.5 cm Celestrone and 15 cm Kasegren; computer for machining and saving the data from the electro-fhotometric observations and from the CCD camera. The Moon, The ring of Saturn, the satellites of Jupiter, the Venus sickle, comets, stars, star heaps, galaxies can be observed. There is organized an annual school on astronomy with international participation. |
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Last Updated ( Thursday, 25 May 2006 )
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Art Gallery |
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 The Art gallery owns over 180 canvases -
black and white drawing and painting,
some of them drown during the annual
meetings of painting organized in the
town and its surroundings. There are
works of Maistora, Stoyan Venev, Ivan
Hristov, Yoan Leviev, Bahit Bapishev etc. |
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History Museum |
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 The Museum of History is situated in the Panov's
house (1810, an example of the Western Bulgarian
national architecture from the Enlightenment period).
After its restoration in 1970, an exposition of 8 000
exponents, reflecting the life, occupation and the
fights of the people from this region in XVIII century
and XIX century is exhibited there.
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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 16 May 2007 )
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Natural Museum |
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 The plant and animal world of the region is rich and varied.
Many rare and threatened with extinction species, included
in the Red book of Bulgaria (some of can be seen only in
this region of the World: Eranthis bulgaricus, Crocus
tommasinianus, Centaurea atropurpurea, Ramonda serbica).
Orchid family is wide-presented. The Museum of Nature
and Science has over 3000 flora and fauna exhibits from
the North-West Bulgaria. |
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Last Updated ( Thursday, 25 May 2006 )
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