Rousse

Rousse is the center of an administrative region. It is situated on the right bank of the Danube at the mouth of the Roussenski Lom river. Durring th Renaissance it was a cultural center and the center of the national liberation movement activists in Bulgaria. From the times of the Turkish yoke ruins of the Konu Kapia gate and of the Levent Tabia fortress have been preserved. A Pantheon has been constructed where the ossa of Lyuben Karavelov, Stefan Kardzha, Angel Kanchev, Zahary Stoyanov, Panayot Hitov, baba Tonka and other distinguished Bulgarians are kept. In the vicinity of the town are the forest park Lipnik and the Roussenski Lom natural reserve. The Bridge of Friendship over the Danube connect Rousse with Romania town of Gyurgevo and is the border cross point between Bulgaria and Romania.