Penyo Penev arrived in Dimitrovgrad in 1949, where he spent his best years, and became the great poet Penyo Penev. On 27 April 1959 he committed suicide, but the people of Dimitrovgrad not only did not forget him, but manage his home-museum. Preserved is the little room iwhre he lived and worked. There is a small exhibition of photos, memories, pictures, poems and portraits painted by his son Vladimir Penev.