near Nikopol,Pleven Novachene Bulgaria

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Item ID: 574

Price: 9 500 €

Land: 2000 sq. m.

Location: Bulgaria, near Nikopol, Pleven Region

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Property situated in the village of Novachene, Nikopol Municipality, Pleven District. The village is located in North-Central Bulgaria, 18 kilometers from the Danube river (and the Bulgarian- Romanian border), 35 kilometers from the City of Pleven, 120 kilometers from Veliko Turnovo and 180 kilometers from the capital Sofia.

The property is located at the West end of the village, right on the crossing of the main road with another smaller road. The estate comprises of two houses (both in very good condition), summer kitchen with two rooms and a bathroom, garage with storage room, additional outbuildings and big plot of 2000 sq. m. of land.

The main house is in excellent condition, offering three bedrooms, big corridor, living room, two entrances, and two big glazed entrance-halls – one at each entrance. There is an attic which could be converted into living area.

The second house is on two floors and consists of two big rooms, corridor and a fireplace on the first floor; the second floor has one big room, currently used as a hey-loft.

Near the main house is the so called “summer kitchen”. As the name says it offers a kitchen, a bedroom and a bathroom. Attached to the summer kitchen there is a storage room, connected trough a door with the garage. The garage is with the capacity of one car.

There are single-storied farm building and a barn next to the house, which could be either used as storage or converted into anything else – BBQ area, playing rooms, workshops, etc.

All these buildings, forming in a peculiar manner a “small village in the village”, are located on a beautiful piece of land with size of 2000 square meters. The land is very well-kept, leveled and in good condition too. There are lots of flowers, fruit-trees, trellis-vines, pine trees etc. Another plus to the estate is the draw-well. It could be used for watering the garden, filling-up a swimming pool, or as an alternative water supply for example.

Water and electricity are connected to mains, there are water fountains inside the house and outside in the yard. There is electricity and water in all of the outbuildings. Internet and Digital TV could also be provided. The house is in very good condition but as it had been uninhabited for few years now it would need overall modernization works.

The village:

Novachene is one of the biggest villages in the area (Central North Bulgaria) with population of more than 2000 people. It has a police station with 17 people personnel, a working school, a bakery,tailoring workshop, dairy. There is also an annual folklore festival which is gathering people and artists from the whole country.

The village is located on the shortest road connecting the ferryboat in Nikopol (the Danube River, bordering on Romania ), Veliko Turnovo, then the biggest pass in the Balkan Mountain and the whole country (The Pass of The Republic) and respectively to Greece and Turkey.

Novachene is situated near the right bank of Osam river, surrounded by woods, which makes the area particularly suitable for fishing and hunting. The village offers all the basic utilities like post office, pubs, shops , cafes , petrol-stations , etc. Regular bus transportation to the surrounding towns and villages is also available.

The Municipality

Nikopol Municipality is situated in North-Central Bulgaria in the northeastern part of Pleven District. Its northern border is the Danube. The Osam River flows through the Municipality. The transport infrastructure includes roads of second, third and fourth class. The Municipality is crossed by the Pleven – Cherkvitsa railway line. All settlements have transport connection to the Municipal center – harbor town of Nikopol. It has a border control point and a customs` house. It is at a distance of 54 km from the District Center Pleven City, and 265 km from Sofia.
Natural sights and monuments of culture in Nikopol municipality:

Ancient Nikopol

The Elia fountain of 2 c. – monument of culture dating back to Roman times; St. St. Petar I Pavel Medieval cross-vaulted church – 14 c., monument of architecture of national importance; Kaleto fortress – archeological monument of the First and Second Bulgarian Kingdom; Virgin Mary`s Assu church – monument of culture of national importance; Rock church in the Plavala locality – remarkable landscape resulting from man and nature co-existence in harmony. Persina Natural Park – encompasses the land of Nikopol town and Dragash Voyvoda village; and other

The District

Pleven Region encompasses the central part of the Danube Plain and a section of the fore-Balkan Mountains. It is bounded by the regions of Vratza, Lovech and Veliko Tarnovo and north by the Danube River.

Pleven Region is a well-developed agricultural region. There are deposits of natural oil and gas near the town of Dolni Dubnik and the village of Gigen. The most important water resources in the region are the Danube River and its tributaries, the Iskar, the Vit and the Osam rivers. The region provides excellent conditions for ecotourism and balneology.

There are more than 450 archaeological and cultural sites, approximately 215 memorials of the Russian-Turkish Liberation War of 1877-1878. Life in the region can be traced for several millennia back into the past: remains from the Palaeolithic Age near the village of Muselievo; remains from the Chalcolythic Age near the villages of Telish and Todorovo, in the forest preserve Kailaka; etc.

The largest Thracian treasure dated back to the 16-12th centuries BC was discovered in 1925, in the vicinity of the village of Vulchitrun. It consists of 13 vessels of solid gold and weights a total of 12.45 kg.

A copy of the artefacts can be seen in the History Museum in Pleven, the original artefacts are kept at the National Archaeological Museum in Sofia.

The Romans constructed roads, roadside transit stations and fortresses throughout the region; the ruins of the ancient Roman fortress of Ulpia Escus can be visited near Gigen. Tsar Shishman’s Fortress in Nikopol reminds of no less turbulent period of the Middle Age.

The property is:

- 14 miles away from the Municipality centre – town of Nikopol;

- 14 miles from the village of Obnova;

- 18 miles from the town of Belene;

-23 miles from the town of Pleven;

- 28 miles from the town of Svishtov;

-45 miles from the town of Lovech;

-65 miles from the town of Veliko Tarnovo;

-67 miles from the nearest Ski resort;

- 80 miles from Ruse City and the border with Romania;

- 124 miles from Sofia – the capital of Bulgaria;

- 174 miles from Varna Airport and the seacoast.