The ruins of Veliki Preslav, once the capital of the Bulgarian Kingdom, is declared archaeological and historical reserve. It operates founded over 90 years ago, the archaeological Museum, rich in all sorts of unique finds. The Museum is proud Preslavski Golden treasure, a unique collection of lead seals of the rulers and dignitaries of Bulgaria and Byzantium. In addition, here is a ceramic icon of St. Theodore Stratelates.

It is known that the basis of Preslav first stones laid Bulgarian builders in 821. And it was a city, surrounded by sturdy stone walls, constructed as two concentric circles. The wall divided the city into two components – external and internal. The width of the outer walls were up to 3 meters, the material used in the construction of the wall, limestone (white stone). Inside width of the walls of the citadel were fluctuating between 2, 80-3 meters. She defended the administration building and the Palace itself.

In addition to palaces, residential and commercial buildings, especially valuable building Veliki Preslav was considered a Round Church, otherwise gold. It was erected in 908 year. Gilded outside the dome inside was lined with mosaics on a gold background. This is a beautiful and majestic building was crowned with the Central part of the building. Twelve niches in the walls alternated with twelve columns of white marble. All together, this allows you to call Round the Church is a unique example of architecture of ancient Bulgaria. Remarkably, she was considerably ahead of the later appearing in Europe the Baroque style.