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It was originally opened in 1989 and in the last three […]", "featured_image": "https://automuseums.info/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/305426607_170497762162401_4592290253661225470_n-300x200.jpg", "country": "Bulgaria", "city": "Lovech", "vehicle_types": [ "Automobile", "Commercial Vehicles", "Others" ], "latitude": "43.1195102", "longitude": "24.6924237", "is_fiva_member": false, "cache_file_path": "/var/www/sites/Automuseums-gpx/cache/countries/bulgaria/museums/6132.html", "description": "This museum is inside Military Base 24480 in Lovech. It was originally opened in 1989 and in the last three decades its collection was expanded several times. At the moment it consists of two halls, which display dozens of military vehicles, decommissioned missile systems, various vehicles from World War II and the Bulgarian Army before 1989. 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On […]", "featured_image": "https://automuseums.info/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/DSC_8161-300x205.jpg", "country": "Bulgaria", "city": "Kapatovo", "vehicle_types": [ "Automobile", "Motorcycle" ], "latitude": "41.4635561", "longitude": "23.358036", "is_fiva_member": false, "cache_file_path": "/var/www/sites/Automuseums-gpx/cache/countries/bulgaria/museums/6164.html", "description": "In October, 2022 a new attraction has been added to the elegant Zlaten Rozhen winery: a classic car museum!\n\nOn 600 sqm 33 cars and 21 motorcycles are displayed, including a Messerschmitt KR-200 1961, Steyr 50 1937, Ford T 1912, Mercedes-Benz 280 SEL 4.5 1972 W108, Packard Custom Super Clipper 1947, Pierce-Arrow 4-dr sedan 1929, Renault Monastella 1930, ZIS 110, Cadillac Fleetwood 75 Limousine 1958, Chrysler Windsor 4-Door Sedan 1947, Mercedes-Benz 300D Adenauer Cabriolet 1960..\n\nPhoto is courtesy of Nikolay Koruderliev.", "original_name": "\u041c\u0443\u0437\u0435\u0439 \u043d\u0430 \u0440\u0435\u0442\u0440\u043e \u0430\u0432\u0442\u043e\u043c\u043e\u0431\u0438\u043b\u0438 \u201e\u0417\u043b\u0430\u0442\u0435\u043d \u0420\u043e\u0436\u0435\u043d\u201c", "info": "Opening times: 10 AM to 6 PM", "address": [ "Zlaten Rozhen, Kapatovo, Bulgaria" ], "email": [ "info@classicauto.bg" ], "phone": [ "+359887227648" ], "links": [ { "url": "https://www.classicauto.bg/", "title": "Official Site" } ], "coordinates": [ { "lat": "41.4635561", "lon": "23.358036" } ] }, { "id": 5280, "title": "Retro Museum", "permalink": "https://automuseums.info/museum/retro-museum/", "excerpt": "Located in the parking house of this biggest shopping mall in Varna, this exhibition includes exhibits from the period 1944-1989, […]", "featured_image": "https://automuseums.info/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/61594922_2415496231848066_858634318329675776_o-300x200.jpg", "country": "Bulgaria", "city": "Varna", "vehicle_types": [ "Automobile", "Motorcycle" ], "latitude": "43.217304", "longitude": "27.89933", "is_fiva_member": false, "cache_file_path": "/var/www/sites/Automuseums-gpx/cache/countries/bulgaria/museums/5280.html", "description": "Located in the parking house of this biggest shopping mall in Varna, this exhibition includes exhibits from the period 1944-1989, which shows artifacts related to how Bulgarians lived under socialism. 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