Haskovo is a city in the region of Northern Thrace in southern Bulgaria and the administrative center of the Haskovo Province, not far from the borders with Greece and Turkey. According to archeologists, the area of Haskovo was originally settled about seven thousand years ago. In and around Haskovo, evidence has been preserved that confirms its long history during the prehistoric, Thracian, Greek, Roman, and Byzantine periods.

The most notable cultural landmarks in Haskovo are the Ivan Dimov Drama Theater, the Museum of History, and an art gallery. The landmarks include the Thracian Aleksandrovo tomb as well as Uzundzhovo's Church of the Assumption, built originally as a mosque during Ottoman times. A 32-metre-high monument of the Mother of God and the Infant Jesus was erected on the Hill of Youth near Haskovo in 2003.