Park-Museum Vladislav Varnenchik
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Park-Museum Vladislav Varnenchik (Vladislav III Jagiello) located in the western part of the Bulgarian city of Varna. The memorial museum complex is located there, where he died the Polish-Hungarian king and national hero Vladislav Varnenchik - in the midst of a unique park of 30 hectares. Dedicated Park Museum Battle of Varna in 1444. On November 10, a mixed Christian army soldiers - Bulgarians, Poles, Hungarians, Czechs, Romanians, Croats, Bosnians, Rousseau, and the papal knights - tried to stop the Ottoman invasion of Europe. In this battle, killing thousands of defenders. Residents of Bulgaria during his Tatar slavery in the place of a bloody battle and the death of Vladislav Varnenchik, near the two ancient Thracian tombs put a cross of wood.

In 1924, the park was created, and in 1935 erected a mausoleum to Vladislav III Jagiello. The mausoleum is a stone sarcophagus, created by sculptor and painter Anton Madejski - an exact copy of the original bronze, which is located in Kraków's Wawel.

Burial body in the royal mausoleum have been made since, according to historical records of the Turkish, the head of Vladislav taken to the Muslim center of Bursa, where it is planted on a spear and used in the parade in honor of the victory at Varna. As for the body, it is assumed that it was thrown into the lake of Varna along with the bodies of other victims. Legend has it that King Vladislav survived by hiding from the shame of defeat, he went to the island of Salamanca, where he became a hermit. Another legend has it that he took refuge in the Portuguese Madeira, received a knighthood, married and started two children.

In honor of the 520 th anniversary of the battle in 1964, the park was to reorganize open sacrificial angle built History Museum, which contains a rich database of documentary materials about the Battle of Varna. The museum presents the only country in the armor of that era. In addition, visitors are able to see the weapons and equipment of the 15th century have been found on the battlefield; paintings, prints, sculptures and other works of art dedicated to the Battle of Varna; flags, maps, emblems, various models and mock-ups. A special room of the museum is dedicated to the hero-commander Jan Huniyadi.

Park-Museum - a branch of the Military History Museum in Sofia.

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