Finding out the location	very easy
Access	very easy
Safety	very safe
Risk of being seen	high
General condition of the place	very good
Traces of vandalism	none or very few
Good place for taking pictures?	good
Did you see other people?	few

Visit date    October 31 2019 at 15 hr
Visit duration    < 1 hour

Probably one of the if not the best known monuments of Bulgaria.

Very easy access by the box office. If you don't want to pay and be a bit more adventurous or sporty, you can access by the huge staircase or drive to the last set of stairs and start climbing there.

It's a cold feeling being surrounded by this masses of concrete. You can feel the emotions of communism when walking around here. Very impressive monument.

About:
The Monument to 1300 Years of Bulgaria, also known as the Founders of the Bulgarian State Monument, is a large monument built on a plateau above the city of Shumen, Bulgaria. It was built in 1981 to commemorate the 1300th anniversary of the First Bulgarian Empire.

The monument is built in concrete in a Cubist style, and 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.

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