THE SECRETS OF STRANDZHA
2026.01.21
Photography exhibition by lecturers and students from the National Academy of Art
23 January – 25 February 2026
Exhibition opening: 23 January 2026 (Friday), 4:00 pm
Geymanovata kashta | Municipal Historical Museum – Sredets, 2nd floor
1A Dimitar Blagoev Street, Sredets
The exhibition includes photographs of historical excavations in the Deultum National Archaeological Reserve in the village of Debelt, as well as emblematic Strandzha houses in the villages in the Sredets Municipality: Golyamo Bukovo, Gorno Yabalkovo, Dolno Yabalkovo, Kirovo, Varovnik and Belevren. Visitors to the exhibition will also see footage of archaeological sites – dolmens and ritual Thracian sanctuaries filmed in the area around these villages.
Participants in the Secrets of Strandzha pleine air are students pursuing the Master's degree programme in Photography at the National Academy of Art (Sofia and Burgas): Vladimir Popov, Kristiyan Dimitrov and Prolet Borissova. The initiative also includes Margarita Spiridonova and Kiril Todorov, members of the Ethnographic Museum team. Leaders of the plein air are the lecturers Assoc. Prof. Ivan Kyuranov, PhD, and Assoc. Prof. Rossen Toshev, PhD.
The project is implemented in partnership with the National Academy of Art under project BG-RRP-11.02-0027 "A New Generation of Local Cultural Policies of the Municipality of Sredets" funded under the National Recovery and Sustainability Plan.