Place in Bulgaria
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Razgrad (Разград) is a city in North-Eastern Bulgaria, close to the hills of the Ludogorie ("Mad Woods"). It's notable mostly for the ruins of the Roman city Abritus, as well as its disproportionately successful soccer team. Not far is Isperih with the Thracian Tomb of Sveshtari, a UNESCO World Heritage site.
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Standalone stone and wooden tower built in 1864, replacing an older tower built in 1764. The original clock mechanism is in the museum; the current one dates to the 1970s.
Completed in 1616, it's one of the largest Ottoman mosques in Bulgaria and on the Balkans. The building has been listed in various forms as cultural heritage since the 1920s. Not a functioning mosque, no entry.
A small building built in 1880 to house the remains of Russian soldiers who died in the Liberation War (the Russo-Turkish War of 1877-1878). Next to it is the building of chitalishte "Razvitie", with a bronze statue of Sts. Cyril and Methodius and their pupils.
Razgrad's Old Town with preserved traditional houses. Don't expect anything comparable to Plovdiv, though - like in most Bulgarian cities, they are scattered among more modern buildings (some of which are still quite old).
Етнографски музей
A couple of whitewashed traditional 19th-century houses with a yard. Exhibits focus on way of life of the local sub-ethnic group, the kapantsi, in the 19th century.
Хювефарма Арена
A 10,000-seat soccer stadium, home ground of PFC Ludogorets, Razgrad's disproportionately successful soccer club (the name means "someone from the Ludogorie"). It began as a small provincial club, and was bought in 2011 by a locally-born wealthy entrepreneur who contracted foreign and non-local Bulgarian players. Consequently, the team was promoted to the top division for the first time in its history, and in 2012 won a "treble": the Bulgarian championship (first place in the top division), the Cup and the Supercup of Bulgaria, to the great amusement of Bulgarian and foreign soccer fans. Since then, PFC Ludogorets has won the Bulgarian championship title for a record 14 consecutive years through 2024–25 (though it hasn't always won the Bulgarian Cup), and it's one of the few Bulgarian teams having any successes in international tournaments. This means that occasionally you can watch European teams playing on this stadium.
By bus
The ubiquitous Union-Ivkoni offers connections to Sofia either through Pleven or Veliko Tarnovo.) to Corlu and Istanbul in Turkey.
By car
Razgrad is right on the major European Route E70 (National Road 2) which connects Ruse (and Romania) with Varna. It's also a nexus of a number of smaller roads.
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