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Svishtov BULGARIA TOWN OF SVISHTOV CULTURAL IDENTITY AND TOURISM
Svishtov Veliko Tarnovo Sofia REPUBLIC OF BULGARIA
BULGARIA The Black Sea
BULGARIA The mountains
BULGARIA The Tsarevets Fortress Veliko Tarnovo – the medieval capital Architecture from the 19th century Houses perched on a hill
Sofia – the capital St Alexander Nevski Cathedral The National Palace of Culture The Parliament St Sofia Church The Sofia University The National Theatre
BULGARIA Children’s Pictures
SVISHTOV SEEN FROM THE SKY The town is a successor of the Roman town of Novae (1st century) - an important strategic centre with navigable functions. The town reached an enviable development during the 19th century in spite of its complete destruction in 1810 during the Russian-Turkish War. In 1865 Dr. Ivan Bogorov described Svishtov as “the most commercial place” of our towns. The town of Svishtov (30 591 inhabitants) is situated at a high terrace on the right bank of the Danube River, in the place where the river reaches its most southern point. It is situated at the distance of 250 km north-east from Sofia.
SIGHTS • In Svishtov there are more than 120 archaeological, art and architectural monuments of culture of local and national significance. • The Town’s Museum of History is considered to be one of the museums in Bulgaria (1856).
SIGHTS • The Ethnographic Museum • The House of Aleko Konstantinov - Museum,in which the heart of the great Bulgarian writeris conserved in a glass container.
SIGHTS • The Holy Trinity Church (1867) is the most interesting architectural monument. • It was the work of the great Bulgarian builder of the Renaissance period “ousta”Kolyu Ficheto. • The temple was almost torn downby the earthquake in 1977 but in 1992 its restoration was completed.
The cultural club The cultural club SIGHTS The central square The Town hall The fountain of the central square The clock tower
Svishtov is one of the leading industrial and agricultural centres of the Bulgarian danube region. Svishtov municipality is developing a mixed type of economy. The main subjects of activity of the companies are: • chemical industry • food industry • wine production • transport. Tsenov Academy of Economics TOWN OF SVISHTOV The monument ofAleko Konstantinov
DIMITUR HADJIVASILEV State High School of Economics – Svishtov • History • Educational process • Extracurricularactivities
The history of the school dates back to the year 1883, when the patriot Dimitur Hadjivasilev donated 240 000 golden coins for the building of the first school in the country “…where political economy will be studied”.
The building is a reduced copy of the University in Viennaand it strikes with its impressive architecture.
The school is equipped with an audio-visual center used for foreign-language education and modern computer labs which provide all-day Internet access. The teachers’ staff consists of highly qualified teachers – specialists in different scientific fields
Educational process At the High School of Economics there are students in 24 different classes split into several economic specialties. Half of them study a foreign language intensively. They receive basic knowledge in the fields of banking, ICT, finance, accounting, tourism etc.
The school has long traditions in the sphere of tourism EXCURSIONS
Sport The school’s sports teams have always led the town charts.