site.btaAugust 26, 1934: Shipka Monument Inaugurated
Liberty Memorial on Shipka Peak, February 10, 1953 (BTA archival photo/Simeon Nenov)
On August 26, 1934, cannons fired 101 times to herald the opening of the Liberty Memorial, also known as the Shipka Monument, on Shipka Peak in the Balkan mountain range. The monument was erected to commemorate the defence of the Shipka Pass in the Balkan Mountains during the Russo-Turkish War (1877-1878).
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