Sea Garden (Varna)
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43°12′41″N 27°56′22″E / 43.21139°N 27.93944°E
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The Sea Garden (
The site where today the Sea Garden is located was until the middle of the 19th century a bare field outside the
The person primarily associated and regarded as having done most for the garden's modern appearance is the
During his time in Varna Novák did an immense work: he radically rearranged the garden and ordered the planting of valued plants from the Black Sea and the
The 1930s saw the planting of species from the Netherlands, Germany, the Czech Republic and France, as well as the construction of nursery gardens. The garden was expanded to the south to reach the house of the Italian consul Assaretto, today the Varna Naval Museum. The garden reached its present borders in the 1950s and the trees in the centre of the central alley were substituted with flower beds in the 1960s, which thus reached 20,000 m2 in the entire Sea Garden. In 1939, the architect Georgi Popov designed the garden's modern central entrance with a wide plaza and tall columns.
An Alley of Cosmonauts was arranged in the 1960s, with the first cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin planting the first plant, a silver fir, on 26 May 1961 before a large crowd. The Pantheon of the Perished in the Fight Against Fascism was erected in the same year. The Observatory and Planetarium were opened in 1968 on the site of the old open-air theatre and the Varna Zoo was inaugurated in 1961. A swan-shaped sundial was installed in front of the main entrance. The present open-air theatre, flanked by the Alpineum and the children's amusement park, is the venue of the Varna International Ballet Competition since its inception in 1964, and the dolphinarium was erected in 1984. Recently, the Exotic Zoo terrarium was added, and plans for expansion of the Natural History Museum and the Aquarium were announced. In the park you could also visit the Naval Museum where you could find an interesting display of historic naval objects such as the famous Bulgarian Drazki torpedo boat.
The park is the favourite place for recreation and fun of the citizens of Varna. Apart from the long alleys for promenades, the sea coast with the beach and numerous restaurants, bars and clubs, one could also enjoy a swimming pool complex and a children's playing ground with mini-entertainment park and a small pond with boats. Just before the main alley of the garden is situated the so-called "bridge of wishes"- a small bridge which is believed to fulfil wishes if you cross it walking backwards and with your eyes closed.
Gallery
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Building of the Naval Museum
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Bulgarian torpedo boat Drazki outside the Naval Museum
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Exterior of the Aquarium
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The Planetarium-Observatory
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Bumper boats pond in the children's corner
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Border Guards Monument, built 1917-1922
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The Pantheon, commemorating Bulgarian anti-fascist (Communist) fighters who died between 1923 and 1944
References
- Genchev, Georgi. "The Sea Garden of the residents of Varna" (in Bulgarian). Varna-bg.com. Retrieved 2006-10-21.
External links
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- Visit Varna - Sea Garden on the official tourism website of Varna Municipality