The Epopee with “The Epopee” or the Building of the Panorama “The Epopee of Pleven 1877”
The Epopee with “The Epopee” or the Building of the Panorama “The Epopee of Pleven 1877”

Summary/Abstract: This paper elaborates the history of the construction of one of the largest monuments for the Russo-Ottoman War 1877 – 1878 in Bulgaria – Panorama “The Epopee of Pleven 1877”. Surely this has been the most spectacular memorial war site from the Communist era in Bulgaria. Within the context of the ideology at that time, The Panorama was primarily “a symbolic monument of the Bulgarian-Soviet Friendship”. The panorama was constructed in honor of the 100th anniversary of the Pleven Battle and was officially inaugurated on 10 December 1977.

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