The town of Nikopol has a population of 5 000 inhabitants and lies at a distance of 55 km northeast of Pleven. Nikopol is a municipal centre with 13 component settlements. The town is situated amphitheatrically on the slopes of several hills on the high right bank of the Danube River 3 km east of the mouth of the Osam River.

The town is the successor of the old Roman fortress Sekuriska. In 629 the Byzantine emperor Iraklius gives it the name of Nikopolis. Nikopol is the last fortress of the Turnovo Kingdom. In 1395 in Nikopol is captured and beheaded the last Bulgarian king Ivan Shishman under the order of the Turkish sultan Bayazid I. During the Ottoman yoke the town is known under the name of Kyuchuk Stanbul which in translation means the Little Istanbul. The town has preserved its function of an important military, administrative and trade centre for a long time. In the region of the town has been waged the battle between the Polish king Vladislav III Varnenchik and the Madzhar king Sigizmund against the Turkish army.

The tourist sights of the town are: the fountain Eliya, the churches "St. Peter and Pavel" (XIII c.) and "Uspenie Bogorodichno" /The Assumption/ (1840), a group of Revival period houses, remains of a Roman settlement and a medieval fortress.

In the region of the municipality is discovered the Nikopol treasure dating from XIV c. The treasure consists of vessels, coins and jewelry made by Bulgarian masters.

Tourist sights

The fountain Eliya in Nikopol is built in II c. by the Roman master Frontona in honour of his deceased wife Eliya. He poured out his grief in rhymes over the stone. In XIX c. the archaeologist Dizharden touched by the deed adds another inscription on the fountain.

The medieval fortress is situated in the hazel-trees park of the town. From the fortress is preserved a stone gate with an iron door.