Description:
Town of Rousse The municipal centre - the town of Ruse is located to the north-east of the mouth of Rusenski Lom river. The major factor for the territorial development of the town of Ruse is the Danube river along which the town has been developing during the ages. The ancient town of Seksaginta Prista (i.e. sixty ships), according to a military route map from the age of emperor Octavian August, was the base of the Roman navy along the lower course of the Danube river. Subsequently that strong fortress turns into a base camp for the Roman invasion to the North at the time of rule of the emperors Vespasian and Trayan. The town was plundered and destroyed during the numerous attacks of the Slavs and proto-Bulgarians in the VI and VII centuries. During the time of the First Bulgarian state, 30 km to the south of the old Roman fortress, the mediaeval town of Cherven comes into being and by Prista itself the settlement of Rusi appears. major factor for the territorial development of the town |
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