Project Database
February 2021 – February 2022
Cultural Heritage and Nature Tourism
Development of Cultural, Historical, Natural and Family Tourism in Belene and Persina Nature Park
Belene Island Foundation
BGN 15,000
The aim of the project is the development of year-round tourism in Belene. In Persina Natural Park, there are 470 plant species and 1,100 birds and animal species. The former Belene concentration camp is also located on the island. Some of the most interesting landmarks in town are the first and only monument to Pope John Paul II in Bulgaria; the ruins of the Dimum castrum fortress; two catholic churches, one of which is a cultural monument housing the sanctuary of Bishop Eugene Bossilkov, who was beatified by Pope John Paul II; and the Dimum neighborhood, with hundreds of abandoned apartments built for the workers of the never-constructed Belene nuclear power plant.
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