Thursday, October 27, 2011

Monuments and museums

                               The old fountains
    

     These were 12 spring fountains situated along the valley to the port. A part of them were destroyed and the rest were restored recently. The great amount of spring water forms a small river.



                     The Dobruja and the Sea Display
    The Dobruja and the Sea Display is a small maritime museum.It is situated in an approximately restored Turkish bath, the Hamam. It was built in the beginning of the 15th century and represents a massive beehive bath from stone.


                           Ethnographic Museum
   
The Ethnographic Museum represents an old house from the end of the 19th century that belonged to a rich family. Its interior reveals the customs and culture of the people inhabiting that part of the country. The building is surrounded by a garden full of mulberry trees, peonies and tulips.



                                  Town Museum
 
   The Town Museum can be found in the building of the local library. Materials, revealing the thousand-year old history of town are displayed in its exposition. Evidence for the life of the people in the region since ancient times is represented here. A model of prehistoric cave-dwellings, many tools, guns, rifles and pistols from some wars.



        

                                             Churches 
 

   There are two churches in the town both located in the town centre. The Church of Saint George was built in 1836 and the Dormition of the Theotokos Church in 1860.



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