Editing Sliven (section)

== Culture ==
[[File:Dramatic Theatre Sliven .jpg|thumb|Drama Theatre <nowiki>''Stefan Kirov''</nowiki>]]

=== Theatres ===
When the first theatre stage was opened, theatre traditions began in Sliven 140 years ago. In 1918 the first professional theatre troupe was established in the community centre "Zora". At present the Stefan Kirov Drama Theatre is a state theatre. The new building of the theatre was built in 1986 and has a large hall (484 seats), a chamber hall (121 seats), a ballet hall, a spacious lobby on two levels with a bar for spectators, an administrative part. In 2008 the theatre celebrated its 90th anniversary.

The State Puppet Theatre – Sliven<ref>{{Cite web |title=Official Site of Puppet Theatre ''Sliven'' |url=http://puppets-sliven.eu/about/sliven-state-puppet-theater/ |access-date=2023-01-19 |website=puppets-sliven.eu |language=en-US}}</ref> was established in 1961 (then an amateur theatre, since 1971 a state theatre), it is located in the renovated in the 1980s building of the former cinema "Balkan".

=== Museums ===
[[File:19-20th-century-lifstile-museum.jpg|thumb|The house museum of the Sliven lifestyle]]
* Simeon Tabakov Regional History Museum<ref>{{Citation |title=Регионален исторически музей в град Сливен |url=http://museum.sliven.net/index.php?lang=bg |accessdate=2017-03-08 |archivedate=2018-02-15 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180215225356/http://museum.sliven.net/index.php?lang=bg }}</ref>
* Hadzhi Dimitar House Museum<ref>{{Citation |title=Къща музей "Хаджи Димитър" |url=http://www.museum.sliven.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=214&Itemid=741&lang=bg |accessdate=2017-03-08 |archivedate=2015-11-13 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151113171440/http://www.museum.sliven.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=214&Itemid=741&lang=bg }}</ref>
* National Museum of Textile Industry
* Dobri Chintulov House Museum<ref>{{Citation |title=Къща музей "Добри Чинтулов" |url=http://www.museum.sliven.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=215&Itemid=742&lang=bg |accessdate=2017-03-08 |archivedate=2016-08-18 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160818072122/http://museum.sliven.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=215&Itemid=742&lang=bg }}</ref>
* The House Museum of 19th Century Sliven Urban Life<ref>{{Citation |title=Къща музей на сливенския градски бит от XIX век |url=http://www.museum.sliven.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=216&Itemid=743&lang=bg |accessdate=2017-03-08 |archivedate=2016-08-18 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160818191356/http://museum.sliven.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=216&Itemid=743&lang=bg }}</ref>

=== The Old Elm ===
[[The Old Elm]] which grows in the city center, is a tree of the species of [[Field elm]] ([[Ulmus glabra]]), and is about 1300 years old, it is declared a protected site. It is a remnant of the [[Great Bulgarian Forest]], which stretched from the [[Rhodope Mountains]] to the [[Black Sea]]. About 20 such elms remain in the village of [[Samuilovo, Sliven Province|Samuilovo]], 7 km from Sliven. All of them have been declared protected sites. The cavities are filled with reinforcing filler and have been left openings for natural ventilation to stop rotting processes or breedings of microorganisms. The tree was used by the Ottoman Turks to hang captured [[hajduk]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Символи на Сливен |url=http://reglibsliven.iradeum.com/sliven/sliven_symbols_bg.htm |access-date=2023-01-19 |website=reglibsliven.iradeum.com}}</ref><ref>{{Citation |title=Сайт на Федерация на природозащитни сдружения "Зелени Балкани" |url=http://www.greenbalkans.org/category.php?language=bg_BG&cat_id=87 |accessdate=2011-03-13 |archivedate=2011-08-19 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110819214955/http://www.greenbalkans.org/category.php?language=bg_BG&cat_id=87 }}</ref>

=== Fortress Tuida ===
[[File:Clock-tower-of-Sliven.jpg|thumb|Sliven clock tower, built 1808]]
Tuida was an early Byzantine and medieval fortress, the remains of which are located on the hill of Hisarlaka in the northeastern part of Sliven, which offers a unique view of the "Sinite kamani" and the city (the hill is located near the "Novo Selo" quarter). It is part of the old mountain fortification system, which played an extremely important role in the defence of the Roman Empire, and later of the early Byzantine Empire, as well as the medieval Bulgarian state.<ref>[https://archive.today/20120724051512/http://www.bgizlet.com/index.php?Itemid=93&id=275&option=com_content&view=article Bgizlet] </ref> After some interruption, archaeological excavations of the fortress began again in 2004. The aim of the excavations is the final study and conservation of the architectural and archaeological monuments, and the exposure of the fortress with a view to making it one of the city's notable tourist attractions.<ref>{{Citation |title=www.bulgariancastles.com |url=http://www.bulgariancastles.com/bulgariancastles/SMF/index.php?topic=152.0 |accessdate=2011-03-13 |archivedate=2011-07-04 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110704160713/http://www.bulgariancastles.com/bulgariancastles/SMF/index.php?PHPSESSID=87068eb9d54e8a441859cb8d58f8b502&topic=152.0 }}</ref><ref>[http://dariknews.bg/view_article.php?article_id=79008 Крепостта Туида], dariknews.bg, 7 август 2006 г.</ref><ref>Тони Баев, [http://www.journey.bg/bulgaria/bulgaria.php?guide=759 Културно-историческо наследство на Сливен]</ref><ref>[http://www.kaminata.net/topic-t41369.html За град Сливен в] kaminata.net {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110913193853/http://www.kaminata.net/topic-t41369.html |date=2011-09-13 }}, 15 декември 2009 г.</ref>

=== The old clock tower ===
The old clock tower is located in the centre of Sliven, built in 1808. In 1936, a strong storm destroyed the upper wooden part, which was rebuilt about sixty years later in its original 19th century form

=== Sinite Kamani ===
[[File:Панорама Карандила.jpg|thumb|View to Sinite Kamani]]

The [[Sinite Kamani Nature Park]] is located in the Eastern [[Balkan Mountains]] just north of Sliven. It was declared a nature (then national) park in 1980. The park covers an area of 11 380 hectares, representing springs, peaks, rocks, forests and meadows. The highest point of the nature park is the peak of Bulgarka (1181 m). The local flora and fauna is represented by various species, some of which are included in the [[Red Data Book of the Republic of Bulgaria|Red Book of Bulgaria]].