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Trade House of Polycar and Canetti

A Europe Day around Ruse

About the tour

Ruse, also known as "The Little Vienna" is one of the first cities with an urban plan in Bulgaria.

A canvas for the master artisans and architects of the time, and with a growing cosmopolitan community, Ruse's architecture quickly began reflecting the movement of ideas and culture.

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Landmarks

Trade House of Polycar and Canetti

One of the great prides of Ruse is that it is the hometown of Elias Canetti - winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature.

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Sarkis Kuyumjian Commercial Building

In 1898, Nigohos Bedrosyan designed an impressive commercial building for the Armenian Sarkis Kuyumjian, a textile merchant.

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Knyaz Boris High School

The building of the former boys' high school "Knyaz Boris" was built in 1894 - 1898 according to the project of arch. Petko Momchilov and arch. Jordan Popov.

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District Administration

The building of the District Administration is the first large public building in the new Bulgarian state.

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Chamber of Commerce and Industry

The first Bulgarian Chamber of Commerce was founded in Ruse in 1890 with Panayot Popov, industrialist and mayor of Ruse (1893-1894) as chairman.

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The Bank of the Simeonov Brothers

The Bank of the Simeonov Brothers is a building of lasting architectural value.

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Balkan Bank

The building of the Balkan Bank (later the Bulgarian Credit Bank) was built in 1906 by the famous Ruse architect Spiros Valsamaki by order of the Bebis brothers.

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The Bucklov Brothers Building

In 1911, the Bucklov brothers financed the construction of a building for their activities.

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Ruse Mufti's Building

At the beginning of the XX century, between 1905 and 1907, a remarkable building was built in Ruse - the Revenue Building of the Ruse Muslim Board.

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The Burovi Brothers' Bank

The Burovi Bank was built in 1912 according to a design by the Hungarian architect. Janovic, and the construction manager is Eng. Gero Gerov.

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Fisher Brewery

In 1880, the Czech musician Josef Fischer arrived in Ruse with his family and opened a restaurant called Fischer in the then Golyam Varoš neighborhood.

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Bulgaria Insurance Company

In 1898, a three-storey building for the home of the first Bulgarian insurance company "Bulgaria" was erected on 30 Aleksandrovska Street.

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Andre Turio's Building

In 1897, a four-storey building on the thriving Alexandrovska Street was designed by order of Andre Turio.

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Ruse Drama Theater

With its magnificent silhouette in the center of Ruse, the Revenue Building, later the Sava Ognyanov Theater, is an emblematic building of the European architectural heritage of the Danube city.

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