Veliko Tarnovo is a town located in northern Bulgaria, the center of the region of the same name as well as the North-Central region. The town is the capital of the Second Bulgarian State and the Principality of Bulgaria in the period 1878 - 1879. In the Middle Ages it was named Tarnovgrad, gradually becoming known as Tarnovo. In 1963, Grand was added to him in honor of the city's previous glory. Thanks to its rich cultural and historical heritage Veliko Turnovo is an important tourist center.

According to data from 15 December 2015, the city is the 16th most populous city with its 70,000 inhabitants at the current address [1] and one of the four cities in Bulgaria with a positive natural growth from 2006 to 2014. Situated between the Danube Plain and Stara Planina, on the first hills of Prebalkana, Turnovo is the main administrative, industrial and educational center of the region. Here are the National Military University Vasil Levski - Faculty of Commonwealth, VTU St. St. Cyril and St. Methodius (the second largest university in Bulgaria), the Nativity of the Virgin, the Tsarevets and Trapezitsa fortresses, numerous museums and cultural sites; a total of 1613 sites of the historical heritage of Bulgaria.

In 1879, the Constituent Assembly was held in the city, marking the beginning of the Third Bulgarian State. The patron saint of the town is St. Patriarch Evtimii, whose monument rises above the building of Veliko Tarnovo University. Veliko Tarnovo is a candidate for European Capital of Culture 2019. Mount Antarctic island of Livingston is named Turnovo in honor of the old capital of the Republic of Bulgaria.