The Monument to 1300 Years of Bulgaria (), also known as the Founders of the Bulgarian State Monument (Паметник на създателите на Българската държава), is a large monument built on a plateau above the city of
Shumen
Shumen (, also Romanization of Bulgarian, romanized as ''Shoumen'' or ''Šumen'', ) is the List of cities and towns in Bulgaria, tenth-largest city in Bulgaria and the administrative and economic capital of Shumen Province.
Etymology
The city ...
,
Bulgaria
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. It was built in 1981 to commemorate the
1300th anniversary of the First Bulgarian Empire.
The monument is built in concrete in a
Cubist
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Cubist subjects are analyzed, broke ...
style, and was designed by Bulgarian sculptors
Krum Damyanov and
Ivan Slavov. It is reached by a processional concrete stairway from Shumen, or by road. It stands at a height of 450 m above sea level and can be seen from 30 km away.
The monument was featured on the cover of
Daniel Caesar
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's 2017 debut album
Freudian
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.
Gallery
Image:Monument and Shumen.jpg, View to the monument
Image:Suzdateli na bg durjava otvutre.JPG, Inside view
File:Хан Крум и синове.jpg, Krum
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, Omurtag and Tervel monuments
References
External links
High definition video of the Shumen 1300 Years monument
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Culture in Shumen
Monuments and memorials in Bulgaria
Buildings and structures completed in 1981
Buildings and structures in Shumen
Tourist attractions in Shumen Province