The gold domes above Shipka: a Russian-style church (1902) to the dead of the 1877–78 war, with 17 bells.
890 steps up to a 31 m tower on the peak where Bulgarian volunteers and Russian troops held the pass in August 1877.
The concrete 'flying saucer' of the Bulgarian Communist Party (1981): sealed inside, astonishing outside, with a view over the whole Balkan range.
