Mobile Applications for Cultural and Historical Places

A review of free applications of smartphones working under the operation system of Android is made in the paper. The applications present users information about historical and cultural places of interest at travelling. There are three main groups of applications subject of discussion in the paper – world, national and regional. Their abilities, positive and negative characteristics are compares and described. A conclusion can be made that there is a necessity of new application that presents tourists detailed information about the Old capital of Bulgaria.

Workshop: Veliko Tarnovo - European Capital of Culture 2019

The proposed event is part of the initiatives promoting Veliko Tarnovo city as a future candidate for European capital of culture for 2019. The workshop is part of the Third international conference on "Digital Presentation and Preservation of Cultural and Scientific Heritage" - DiPP2013, which is under the patronage of UNESCO.