Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Lamartine House
( 631 776; ul Knyaz Tseretelev 19; open by special arrangement)
Built in 1830, the
Lamartine House, also called the Georgi Mavridi House, belongs to the Union of Bulgari-
an Writers. The building is named after French poet Alphonse de Lamartine, who stayed
for three days in 1833, during his 'travels in the Orient'.
MUSEUM
Nedkovich House
( 626 216; ul Lavrenov; admission 3 lv; 9.30am-noon & 1-6pm)
The Nedkovich
House, dating from 1863, has a lovely, leafy courtyard that sometimes hosts art shows, but
alas, the house is poorly lit inside. The highlights are the ornate wood ceiling and flowery
wall paintings.
MUSEUM
Permanent Exhibition of Dimitar Kirov
( 635-381; Kiril Nektariev 17; adult/student 5/1lv; 9am-5pm Mon-Fri)
Housed in a
grand old-town mansion where Plovdiv's budding artists worked in the 1960s, this special
place celebrates the life and works of Dimitar Kirov, who died in 2008 at the age of 73.
Arguably Plovdiv's most original artist, Kirov produced work marked by bold and vivid
uses of colour, from mosaics to abstracts.
GALLERY
Encho Pironkov City Gallery of Fine Arts
(ul Vasil Konchev 1; admission 1 lv; 9am-12.30pm & 1-5.30pm Mon-Fri,
10am-5.30pm Sat)
Bulgarian modern art is displayed at this gallery down a small laneway
downhill from ul Sâborna.
GALLERY
Zlatyu Boyadjiev House
( 635 308; ul Sâborna 18; admission 3 lv; 9am-noon & 1-6pm Apr-Sep, 8.30am-
noon & 12.30-5pm Mon-Fri Oct-Mar)
Zlatyu Boyadjiev House, on ul Sâborna in the old
town, contains paintings by Plovdiv native Zlatyu Boyadjiev (1903-76), many idealising
the Bulgarian peasantry; some cover entire walls.
GALLERY
