Krichim Palace, Royal hunting lodge and palace in Kurtovo Konare, Bulgaria
Krichim Palace is a royal hunting palace in Kurtovo Konare, Bulgaria, built on two floors with large windows and stone detailing on its facade. It sits within a park of roughly 3 hectares planted with old oak trees and a variety of other species.
A first hunting lodge was built on this site in 1905 by architect Georgi Fingov, but it was replaced in 1937 with a larger building designed by Yordan Sevov. The 1937 structure is the one that remains standing today.
The park surrounding the palace holds a mix of local and foreign plant species that the royal family personally selected over the years. Visitors walking through it today can still see the old oak trees that once formed part of a vast medieval forest in this region.
The park grounds are open to visitors and can be explored on foot along the paths between the trees. A visit in the warmer months gives the best chance to see the vegetation at its fullest and to tell apart the different plant species.
The grounds were once used as an experimental wildlife area where Mexican turkeys and Nandu birds were kept alongside native Bulgarian species. These animals were introduced by the royal family as part of an unusual outdoor experiment that had no equivalent elsewhere in the country.
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