Doctors' Garden, Urban park in Oborishte District, Bulgaria
Doctors' Garden is an urban park in Oborishte District located between Oborishte and Shipka streets, featuring well-kept lawns, ornamental hedges, and paved pathways throughout its grounds. Numerous benches are scattered across the space, offering places to sit and observe the surroundings.
A central monument built between 1883 and 1884 honors 531 medical professionals who died during the Russo-Turkish War of 1877-1878. The structure stands as a lasting reminder of their sacrifice during a crucial period in Bulgarian history.
The garden takes its name from the Doctors' Monument inside it, dedicated to medics who died in the 1877–1878 Russo-Turkish War, most of them serving the Russian Red Cross mission. Among the trees is a white acacia kept as a memorial to Daniel Neff, the Swiss gardener who laid out the park and favoured that species.
The garden lies between Oborishte and Shipka streets, directly behind the SS. Cyril and Methodius National Library, so it is reached on foot from the surrounding streets rather than through a marked main gate. Visitors heading to the nearby state institutions and monuments pass through it as a shortcut.
The garden began as a botanical garden: in 1896 it was designated the city's botanical garden and held that role until the 1930s. Botanist Prof. Stefan Georgiev brought in most of its species, and a historic white acacia stands as a memorial to gardener Daniel Neff, who favoured that tree.
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