2. Sliven is located 300 km east of Bulgaria's
capital Sofia and 100 km from The Black Sea
3. Sliven is famous for its Bulgarian Haiduts (rebels)
who fought against the Ottoman Turks in the 19th
century and is known as the "Town of the 100
Voyvods"
4. The Monument of Hadzhi Dimitar
•One cannot
imagine Sliven
without the
presence of the
legendary voivoda
Hadji Dimitar on
the central square