PRESLAV RUINS

The ruins of the former Bulgarian capital are very impressive, especially by the surface they cover. Among the ruins of Veliki Preslav: ramparts, public buildings, workshops, palaces and baths. The most valuable monument is the church with the golden dome. Built in 908, it protects under its dome mosaics and sculptures representative of early Bulgarian art. The most famous ceramic icon, that of St. Theodore Stratilate, is kept in the National Museum of Archaeology in Sofia.