TUIDA

On July 16, 2021, in the Tuida Fortress was held a concert of the virtuoso violinist Vesko Eshkenazi and a representative part of the Pleven Philharmonic. In the evening, a parallel was drawn between the remarkable musical cycles The Four Seasons by Antonio Vivaldi and The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires by Astor Piazzolla.

* Photos: infotourism.sliven.bg

This year, on July 15, Sliven and Tuida Fortress were one of the stops of Vladimir Ampov - Grafa and the group "Prime time" and their Summer Tour - 2021. Along with the artist, the children from "Junior Band" also took part in the tour of the country. , Veliko Tarnovo with conductor Yordan Tsvetanov. They "warmed up" the audience in Sliven hours before the concert with a musical procession on the main street of the city. The evening was invigorating and captivating. The audience was on their feet and singing their favorite songs, including "Domino", "Chimera", "PRIME TIME / SEX for Money", "CASH", "The Happiest Man", "Side Observer", "Nobody". "Stolen love", "I DON'T HAVE SMOKE / I HOPE, BUT I DIDN'T", "If there is a paradise" and many others.

A walk through the European Mediterranean with iconic Italian, Spanish, French and Greek songs and canzonettes, under the evening sky of Tuida! Thus, on July 14, accompanied by the Vratsa Symphony and maestro Hristo Pavlov, "Songs from the Mediterranean" with the charming opera stars Georgios Filadelfevs, Valentina Korchakova and Mario Nikolov were presented. A fabulous and full of beauty evening.

On 03.07.2021 the museums and galleries from Sliven again celebrated the European Night of Museums. The program of the event included 9 museum sites in the city, and a joint adventure game "Discover Sliven" was organized for the participants. Games for children and adults, creative workshops, raffles, prizes, etc. were provided. The initiatives ended with a raffle at the First State Textile Factory.

In the Tuida Fortress the visitors could enjoy the concert of the folklore formations at the Chitalishte "Hadji Dimitar" Sliven, as well as to check their accuracy with a bow.

Over 50 participants from all over the country competed in the first traditional archery tournament "Griffon", which took place today, May 29, 2021, in Tuida Fortress, Sliven!
The competition was held in two rounds: individual and team shooting.
In the individual shooting, the competitors went through a route of 8 obstacles, with the shortest distance of 7 m and the longest - 50 m. Among the various disciplines were more attractive shooting on rolling discs, balance shooting and a rotating target.
After awarding the winners in the individual shooting, a team competition was held in three disciplines: simultaneous, fast shooting distance: 15 m., Relay shooting at a hanging target and shooting at a moving distance: 40 m.
The organizers of the tournament are Griffon Martial Arts Club, Sliven in partnership with Tuida Fortress.

On 22 May 2019, an Activity under the National Program "Providing a Modern Educational Environment", a module "Museums as an Educational Environment", with the students from the VI a grade and the VI b class of the "Dobri Chintulov" Profiled Mathematics High School in the town of Sliven.

On 18-19.05.2019. besides the Night of Museums initiative, Tuida Fortress hosted another great event - "Mountain Marathon - Sliven", organized by the Blue Stones-Sliven Sporting Club. On May 19, Tuida was filled with strength, endurance and triumph. In connection with the marathon, the object is free with entrance.
The first three finalists in "Mountain Marathon-Sliven" at 32km.

The first two finishes at a distance of 52 km in the Mountain Marathon – Sliven

The first women finalists: 32km - Monika Filipova and 52km - Maria Nikolova in Mountain Marathon – Sliven

On May 18, 2019 was held Fifteenth European Night of Museums and Galleries. For the sixth time, Tuida Fortress joined this cultural event. The Joint Initiative of the Museums and the Municipality of Sliven "Night of the Museums" took place with the support of:
1.Turator VIP-Sliven Ltd. www.VisitSliven.com www.VisitBulgariaOn.com; www.BestBulgariaDeals.com; www.MeOnTour.com
2. Doris Transport and Tourism Company http://www.doris-bg.com/
3. GLOBUS EU Travel Agency - https://www.globuses.com/
4. Helikon Bookshop https://m.helikon.bg/
5. Gift House "Fortuna" https://www.facebook.com/fortuna.sliven/posts/
6. "Fantasy" Sweets House https://torti.fantazia-bg.com/catalog-torti/
7. Museum vouchers
Thanks to the sponsors who supported the initiative and provided part of the prizes in the festive raffle.

During the last weekend, 20th and 21st October 2018, in the Tuida Fortress, was held the IV Medieval Fair "Remember the Glory - TUida, 2018"! The feast was organized on the occasion of Dimitrovden, Sliven Municipality and Tuida Fortress.
Official guests of the meeting were Ms. Desislava Taneva - Member of the Sliven constituency, Mr. Kamen Kostov - Deputy Regional Governor of Sliven, Mr. Dimitar Mitev - Chairman of the Municipal Council - Sliven, Eng. Stoyan Markov - Deputy - "Economic Development" of the Municipality of Sliven. The event opened with a welcome speech, Ms. Pepa Chilikova - Deputy Mayor "Humanitarian Activities" of the Municipality of Sliven.
During the two festival days, visitors had the opportunity to observe combat demonstrations on the back of the horse, demonstrations of various weapons from land, clashes of heavily armed warriors and medieval battles. In the participants' camps, demonstrations of ancient crafts could be seen - making weapons, protective armaments, household items, decorations and jewelry ; kitchen, antique rituals, slaves and interesting games.
So in these days, "Tuida" has become a machine of the time and together we have passed through the ages of Antiquity and the Middle Ages.

* Photos: Maya Arsova and Archive Tuida Fortress

For the third consecutive year, Tuida Fortress joined the European Students' Night. At the invitation of the Center for Research and Analysis, our site joined us as an associated partner under REFRESH project 2018-2019.
REFRESH (Relate, Experience, Find Research Everywhere and SHARE) is a 20-month project funded by the European Commission on Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions of Horizon 2020.
In 2018. central focus was the European Year of Heritage and the European Capital of Sport, and in 2019, we will connect with the European Capital of Culture and the 100th anniversary of the founding of the International Astronomical Union.
On September 28, 2018, we celebrated the Researchers' Night with a variety of activities and a program together with the National Museum of Textile Industry.
From 15:00 to 20:00, Tuida Fortress was open for tourists, and all those wishing had the opportunity to convert into medieval garments.
At 18:00, in the building of the National Museum of Textile Industry, interesting presentations were presented about the innovation in textile technologies and their application in the production and everyday life of people from lecturers and students from the Technical University of Sofia, College - Sliven and representatives of Scientific and Technical Union of Textile, Clothing and Leather.
The night of the scientists continued with the program of Tuida Fortress, which presented a guest talk about Textile in the Middle Ages by guest lector Kalina Atanasova. She told us about the most widespread and most used fabrics on the lands of present-day Bulgaria, chronologically and at the same time showed her medieval clothes and costumes. Guests from the audience took part in the show of clothing and danced with them for everyone present.