There are remains of fortress walls discovered on a high hill with steep slopes at the northwest corner of the modern-day town. The fortress could be entered through the western gate.

Probably there was a fortress here during the Roman times. Traces of ancient walls were discovered during reconstruction of the so-called “kale” - a fortress from the Ottoman period.

In the mid-1st century a Roman auxiliary cavalry unit (ala Scubulorum) was stationed the vicinity of Nikopol. An interesting epigraphic monu­ment from the ancient period is “Elia’s Fountain”. Fragments from Roman pottery from the 2nd century can be found in many places.

The Nikopol Fortress and the well-protected harbour had strategic importance in the Middle Ages and during the Ottoman Empire. The fortress walls and the so-called “Shishman’s Gate” have been pre­served to date.

See more from Pleven district 

See the map