Rose Museum Kazanlak / Мuzеj nа rоzy Kazan³yk My Fav Spot
Rose Museum Kazanlak
Мuzеj nа rоzy Kazan³yk
Rose Museum in Kazanlak lies at the eastern end of the famous Rose Valley. Bulgaria is the major supplier of a certain type of rose oil in the world and Kazanlak’s rose gardens are the largest rose gardens in the whole world. The lands are planted mainly with roses and perennial plants. In 1967 a small exposition was created, which was dedicated to rose-picking in Kazanlak and the region. In 1969 the exposition grew into an independent museum. Nowadays the Rose Museum stores more than 15 000 exponents related to rose-picking and rose-production in Bulgaria. The museum exposition includes original pictures and documents of the development of rose production, instruments for processing of the rose gardens, vessels for storing and exporting rose oil and rose water. Restorations of a rose warehouse and the first laboratory for examination of rose oil created in 1912 are made in the museum. One of the biggest attractions in the museum is a rose oil vessel which had been used for the last time in 1947 to this day a strong rose scent can still be smelled around it. The Rose Festival is one of the most remarkable events in Bulgaria, dedicated to beauty and flowers, to spring and the fragrance of the priceless Kazanlak rose. This Festival was celebrated for the first time in 1903 and since then it has traditionally been held during the first weekend of June.
museums and monumentsvillages and rural areasStara Zagora, BulgariaKazanlak, Stara Zagora, Bulgaria