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The current building of the Naval Academy
The Nikola Vaptsarov Naval Academy (Висше военноморско училище „Никола Вапцаров“) is the naval academy of Bulgaria and the most authoritative centre of maritime personnel education in the country. Based in the Black Sea port of Varna, it has its roots in the Naval Machinery School established in 1881 in Rousse to serve the Danube Naval Fleet. It is thus the oldest vocational school in the country. The school acquired the status of an institution of higher education in 1942 and has been based in Varna (since 1900), Rousse and Sozopol (1934-1940, on St. Cyricus Island) throughout the years.
