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Canetti Trade House
The grandfather of Bulgarian Jewish writer Elias Canetti (1905-94), winner of the Nobel Prize for literature, built this fine house. The cosmopolitan Canetti spoke Ladino, Bulgarian, German and English, embodying the spirit of fin-de-siècle Ruse, a city marked by its mixed nationalities and cultures. The house is now a private residence, so you can only look on from outside.
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Catholic Church of St Paul the Crucified
The Catholic Church of St Paul the Crucified, just off ul Pridunavski, was completed in 1892. Its original murals, stained-glass windows, chandeliers and icons survive. St Paul's was the first Bulgarian church equipped with an organ, and they still fire up the 700-pipe monster for Sunday mass.
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Church of Sveta Troitsa
Behind the magnificent opera house is the Russian-style Church of Sveta Troitsa, Ruse's oldest surviving Ottoman-era building, built in 1632. The Turkish stipulation that no church should stand higher than a mosque led builders here, as elsewhere, to build partially underground. Large, well-preserved murals and 16th-century crosses and icons are the standouts here, as are the tower's stained-glass windows. The bell tower was a post-Ottoman addition from the late 19th century.
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Clock Tower
The Clock Tower, on the site of Bulgaria's first insurance company, is a popular meeting point. Located on the square at the corner of ul Alexandrovska and ul Daskalov, the clock tower stands, of course, over the Honorary Consulate of Mongolia.
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Danube Bridge
Sights Some 6km Downstream From Ruse, This Double-Decker Highway And Railway Bridge Finished In 1954 Links The City With Giurgiu On The Romanian Side Of The Danube. At 2.8km In Length, And Towering 30m Above The Water, It's The Largest Steel Bridge In Europe.
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Museum of the Urban Lifestyle in Ruse
The Museum of the Urban Lifestyle in Ruse was built in 1866 and features early 20th-century crockery, cutlery, porcelain and costumes. The elegant furnishings date to the same period. The museum is alternatively known as the Kaliopa House. According to legend, the Turkish governor, Midhat Pasha, gave the house to his reputed mistress, Calliope, the beautiful Greek wife of the Prussian Ambassador.
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Pantheon of the National Revival
The gold-domed Pantheon of the National Revival dominates the Park of the Revivalists. This grand achievement of Soviet monumentalism was built in 1978, to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the death of 453 Ruse-area natives who fought the Ottomans in the Russo-Turkish War. Their remains are inside.
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Park na Vazrozhdentsite
The Park na Vazrozhdentsite, lined with the graves of local revolutionary heroes, is dominated by the gold-domed Pantheon of the National Revival.
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Roman Fortress of Sexaginta Prista
Defensive walls, a tower, some barracks and a storage area are what remains of this once great fortress, completed in AD 70. Around 600 soldiers once stood guard here, guaranteeing safe passage for river traders from their high bluff over the river. Stone inscriptions, decorative sculptures and tombstones are also displayed, and background information is posted in English.
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Ruse Regional Museum of History
This new history museum contains prehistoric, Roman and medieval Bulgarian archaeological finds, taken from the Roman fortress and other local sites.
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Soviet Army Monument
North of the Pantheon of National Revival, at the end of ul Saedinenie, is the Soviet Army Monument, built in 1949. Behind this is the Youth Park, with playgrounds, swimming pools, tennis courts and good river views.
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Transportation Museum
The unique Transportation Museum exhibits vintage locomotives from the late 19th and early 20th centuries, as well as carriages that once belonged to Balkan luminaries like Tsar Boris III, Tsar Ferdinand and Turkish Sultan Abdul Aziz. A photo display documents the development of communications and mass transport in Ruse.
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Zahari Stoyanov House-Museum
Revolutionary hero Zahari Stoyanov and his firearms collection, along with sabres and early photographs, are commemorated at the Zahari Stoyanov House-Museum.
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