Pleven, Bulgaria Hotels, Vacations, Tourism

Sited where the foothills of the Balkan Range descend to meet the Danubian plain, the industrial city of PLEVEN is an important regional centre with an unusually high quotient of worthwhile urban sights. Many of these are monuments or museums honouring the siege of Plevna – probably the most decisive episode of the War of Liberation. When the Russians crossed the Danube at Svishtov in 1877, their flank was threatened by the Turkish forces entrenched at Plevna (as the town was then known), which resisted three assaults costing the Russians thousands of casualties. In response to Grand Duke Nicholas' … more »