Historic Cities
Walk Plovdiv in 1870
AI rebuilds Plovdiv (Filibe) street by street, and you walk through it in your browser.
Historic Places, Rebuilt · City walk
Revival Plovdiv, 1870
Plovdiv in 1870 is a prosperous Ottoman-era market city where an emerging Bulgarian bourgeoisie builds painted Revival houses on the hills while mosques, churches and new schools remain neighbours. The walk moves from the Maritsa and its bridge through Kapana's craft lanes, the central bazaar and river quays, then up the Old Town to hilltop views over the seven hills.
36 scenes — 22 streets, squares and views, 14 interiors to step inside. Planned from the Wikipedia record of Plovdiv as it stood in 1870 (“History of Plovdiv”).
The route, scene by scene
- 1. South Bank of the Maritsa
- 2. Stone Bridge over Maritsa
- 3. Hisar Kapia (Fortress Gate)
- 4. Kapana Quarter
- ↳ Dyer's Workshop · interior
- 5. Bezisten (Covered Bazaar)
- ↳ Bezisten Merchant Hall · interior
- 6. Dzhumaya Mosque
- ↳ Main Prayer Hall · interior
- 7. Church of the Virgin Mary
- ↳ Church Nave and Iconostasis · interior
- 8. St Cyril and Methodius School
- ↳ Schoolroom of St Cyril · interior
- 9. Central Market Square
- ↳ Covered Meat Hall · interior
- 10. River Quay Warehouses
- ↳ Quay Loading Shed · interior
- 11. Caravanserai (Han) Court
- ↳ Han Coffee Room · interior
- 12. Jewish Quarter Street
- ↳ Synagogue Prayer Hall · interior
- 13. Armenian Traders' Street
- ↳ Silk Merchant Showroom · interior
- 14. Roman Stadium Ruins
- 15. Ancient Theatre of Philippopolis
- 16. Revival Houses on Old Hill
- ↳ Painted Reception Salon · interior
- 17. Old Town Lane
- 18. First Grammar School
- ↳ Grammar School Study · interior
- 19. Tobacco Merchants' Row
- ↳ Tobacco Counting Room · interior
- 20. Rose-Oil Merchant's Yard
- ↳ Rose Oil Press Room · interior
- 21. Ramparts and City Walls
- 22. Sahat Tepe (Clock Hill) View