Museum sights in Stara Zagora

1. Geo Milev House-Museum

   • Stara Zagora, Bulgaria
   • Sights › Museum

   The unique Geo Milev House-Museum, set around a lovely enclosed garden, contains manuscripts and paintings by locally-born Milev (1895-1925). Despite losing an eye in WWI, Milev continued to write poetry dealing with social issues, such as Septemvri, about the September 1923 agrarian revolution. The political sympathies of Milev's work led to it being confiscated by the authorities.

   The writer was arrested, put on trial, and then kidnapped by the police and murdered. Contemporary artists also sell their work in the museum, which has a relaxing café in the garden courtyard.

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2. Roman floor mosaic

   • Stara Zagora, Bulgaria
   • Sights › Museum

   Built as it is on the grid of an ancient Roman city, Stara Zagora has yielded some pretty amazing discoveries. One such find, a massive Roman floor mosaic dated to the 4th to 5th century AD, is displayed in the post office's eastern entrance. The room relies on natural light, however, so it's best seen on a sunny day.

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3. Neolithic Dwellings Museum

   • Stara Zagora, Bulgaria
   • Sights › Museum

   Two 8000-year-old Stone Age houses are partially preserved in a secure and airtight environment at the Neolithic Dwellings Museum. These modest one-room homes were abandoned after a fire several millennia ago, making them among the Balkans’ best preserved Neolithic dwellings.

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