Cherven Bulgaria - Travel Guide, Tours, Hotels and Photos - Pictures of Bulgaria

The Medieval Town of Cherven, one of the most significant military, economic and cultural centres of Bulgaria during the 13th and the 14th centuries was located near the present day village of Cherven­ (on the right bank of the Cherni Lom River, by the name of the same village, at the distance of 31 km south of Rousse). Out of the preserved ruins most interesting are the parts of the fortified walls, the defensive tower (used as a model for the restoration of the Baldwin Tower on Tsarevets Hill in Veliko Turnovo), the two gates, the castle, the foundations of a great number of churches, the foundations of the boyar palaces, the two unique in their kind water pumping facilities with vaulted staircases, etc. There is a regularly functioning bus transport to the village.