Late Middle Ages

In honour of Bulgarian literature and culture, the Historical Park organises

the Second International Competition-Exhibition of Historical Painting entitled "the Cyrillic Script".

As our focus topic this year, we have "Edges and Embroideries", so we will explore two things that may not have too much in common at first glance. But if we look closer... there are connections!

Duel with sword and shield

The new half-timbered house on the royal court of Charles IV is to have a chimney made of bricks. Around 400 bricks made from a mixture of clay and sand are waiting to be burned in the converted lime kiln. Do we get enough oxygen for the wood fire with 8 ventilation ducts in the stove? Will we reach the tempe

On Easter Sunday, the historical park is the scene of a historical market day.

More than two hundred archers from Bulgaria, Turkey, Romania, Moldova, Ukraine, Belarus, etc. will take part in the tournament and will compete in archery with the ancient bow types from the Antiquity and the Middle Ages.

On 18.06 and 19.06, the Historical Park will host the Second International Medieval Festival "New Beginning", organised on the occasion of the 3rd anniversary of the opening of the largest cultural and historical attraction in the world and dedicated to the establishment of the Bulgarian state on the Lower Danube at the end of the VIIth century (680-681).

The Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies at the Ohio State University invites anyone interested to register for the following Zoom presentations: 

Virtual workshop with live stream and fire bat set

The craft weekends are entirely devoted to the special historical crafts from prehistoric times to the Middle Ages. Every weekend there is a different theme, such as pottery, blacksmithing or clothing and textile processing. 

For anyone interested in crafts or history in general, these are the weekends you don't want to miss!