WELCOME TO OUR CITY-STARA ZAGORA-

The city of straight streets, linden trees, and poets!

Short information about Stara Zagora
Stara Zagora is one of the most ancient cities in Europe.Proof of this can be found in the abundant remains of the prehistoric settlements in the city and around it.Two dwellings from the Neolithic Age(6th millennium B.C),the best preserved in Europe,have been uncovered within the ciy limits.

Contemporary Stara Zagora is the successor to the Roman town of Augusta Trayana,founded in the second century AD by the Roman Emperor Marcus Ulpius Traianus.It was the second most significant city in the Poman province of Thrace.After 812 the city,then called Beroe,was included within the borders of the Medieval Bulgarian state.

During the war of Liberation in 1877 the town was completely destroyed.The first symbolic foundation stone for Stara Zagora's restoration was laid on October the 5th,1879.
Nowdays the 5th of October is the Day of Stara Zagora.

The city was rebuilt on plans designed by the Czech architect Lyubor Bayer,which turned it into the first modern-looking Bulgarian city after the Liberation.

Today Stara Zaora is a beautiful and dynamically developing city,the centre of the minicipality and the region,hosting a university and other scientific and cultural institutions.

The ancient names of our city are:Beroe,Augusta Traiana,Vereya,Irinopolis,Boruy,Eski Zagra,Zheleznik and STARA ZAGORA.

Stara Zagora-Sightseeing

The Opera

The Theatre

The Regional Museum of History

The Ancient Traiana Forum

The Art Gallery

The City Park

The Neolithic Dwellings Museum

Monument to the defenders of Stara Zagora in 1877

Saint Nikola Cathedral Church