Shipka Monument of Freedom

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The Shipka Monument of Freedom is a monumental memorial in Bulgaria commemorating the defenders of the Shipka Pass during the Russo-Turkish War of 1877–1878 and symbolizing Bulgarian liberation from Ottoman rule.

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Shipka Monument of Freedom canonical 5
Shipka Monument 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf monument ⓘ
war memorial ⓘ
architect Atanas Donkov ⓘ
architecturalStyle Neo-Byzantine architecture ⓘ
category Monuments and memorials in Bulgaria ⓘ
Russo-Turkish War memorials ⓘ
Tourist attractions in Stara Zagora Province ⓘ
commemorates Russo-Turkish War of 1877–1878 ⓘ
country Bulgaria ⓘ
dedicatedTo defenders of Shipka Pass ⓘ
designedAs stone tower with pyramidal shape ⓘ
elevationAboveSeaLevel approximately 1326 metres ⓘ
hasInscription dedication to the heroes of Shipka ⓘ
hasInteriorExhibition portraits of Russian and Bulgarian commanders ⓘ
weapons and relics from Russo-Turkish War ⓘ
hasPart bronze lion sculpture ⓘ
crypt with ossuary ⓘ
museum exhibition ⓘ
hasStaircase stone staircase from parking area to monument ⓘ
hasSymbol bronze lion representing Bulgarian statehood ⓘ
height 31.5 metres ⓘ
heritageDesignation Cultural monument of national importance of Bulgaria ⓘ
heritageStatus national symbol of Bulgarian freedom ⓘ
imageDepicts scenes from the defense of Shipka Pass ⓘ
inception 1934 ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Stara Zagora Province ⓘ
locatedInOrNextToBodyOfWater Balkan Mountains ⓘ
locatedNear city of Gabrovo ⓘ
town of Shipka ⓘ
locatedOn Shipka Peak ⓘ
linked to: Midžor peak
location Shipka Pass ⓘ
materialUsed stone ⓘ
nearbyMonument Buzludzha Monument ⓘ
nearbyRoad Republican road I-5 (E85) ⓘ
numberOfSteps 894 ⓘ
officialName Pametnik na svobodata ⓘ
Паметник на свободата ⓘ
linked to: Monument to Freedom
openingDate 26 August 1934 ⓘ
operator National Park-Museum Shipka-Buzludzha ⓘ
linked to: Buzludzha Peak
ownedBy Bulgarian state ⓘ
partOf Shipka-Buzludzha National Park-Museum ⓘ
sculptor Aleksandar Andreev ⓘ
significantEvent annual Shipka celebrations on 3 March ⓘ
symbolizes Bulgarian liberation from Ottoman rule ⓘ
topFloorFunction observation deck with panoramic views ⓘ
usedFor commemoration ceremonies ⓘ
national celebrations on Bulgaria’s Liberation Day ⓘ
visitorFrequency major Bulgarian national tourist site ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Shipka Pass → hasMonument → Shipka Monument of Freedom ⓘ
Shipka Pass operations → commemoratedBy → Shipka Monument of Freedom ⓘ
Battle of Shipka Pass → commemoratedBy → Shipka Monument ⓘ
linked to: Shipka Monument of Freedom
Shipka → locatedNear → Shipka Monument ⓘ
subject linked to: town of Shipka
linked to: Shipka Monument of Freedom
Shipka → hasMemorial → Shipka Monument ⓘ
subject linked to: town of Shipka
linked to: Shipka Monument of Freedom
Shipka Day → associatedWith → Shipka Monument of Freedom ⓘ
Шипченски проход → hasMonument → Shipka Monument of Freedom ⓘ
Bulgarka Nature Park → contains → Shipka Monument of Freedom ⓘ
100 Tourist Sites of Bulgaria → hasPart → Shipka Monument ⓘ
linked to: Shipka Monument of Freedom