Euxinograd

Euxinograde ( Bulgarian Евксиноград / Evksinograd ) is the former summer residence of the Bulgarian kings on the Black Sea.

Location

The plant is located 10 km north-east from the city center of the port city of Varna, 2 km southwest of Constantine and Helena.

Name

The current name dates from 1893 of Princess Marie Louise and was derived from the Greek " Euxenos pontos ", meaning " Black Sea " and the Bulgarian " град / grad", which means " city " means, from: Euxinograde - City on the Black Sea.

History

In 1880 the Bulgarian Prince Alexander Battenberg I. visited the monastery " St. St. Constantine and Elena". Impressed by nature in Varna and its surroundings, he decided to build his summer residence there, where the ruins of the monastery "St. Dimitar " were - two kilometers southwest of the monastery " St. St. Constantine and Elena".

The monastery " The Holy Dimitar " became the residence of the Prince and later converted to the royal residence, which was initially known under the name " Sandrowo " and later under the name Euxinograde. From the original monastery " The Holy Dimitar " only the memory remained at the monastery, at this point is in today's residence is just a small chapel., The choice for the location of the residence fell to the monastery "St. Dimitar " and not to the Monastery " St. St. Constantine and Elena", so that developed in the vicinity of the second resort.

Later, the state has bought the residence for 1,400,000 gold leva and she has presented to the King Ferdinand I..

The wine cellar of Euxinograde is just as well known as the Castle. It has been built in 1891 for the Royal Family and their guests and is located on 2 floors below the ground floor. The largest barrels are up to 3145 liters. Today, the winery produces about 120 bottles of wine. There 12 varieties of white wine and 7 varieties available for tasting brandy For connoisseurs, the best of which is Euxignak.

The Bulgarian architect Georgi Fingow restored the Monastery of St. Dimitar's 1906.

Architecture

The neo-baroque complex was built according to the plans of the Austrian architect Viktor Mayer lumber. The total area is about 800 ha of Euxinograde 550 ha belong to the park, which was created by the French dendrologists Neumeyer. It still have other architects and dendrologists worked. Among the Interesting Estonians are 310 plant species, some of it has been introduced from southern France.

A stimulating are still the stables and the gable, which was introduced in 1890 in parts of the French castle of Saint- Cloud. Particularly worth seeing is the sundial, which was given to King Ferdinand by the British Queen Victoria.