Archive for the ‘Bulgarian Regions’ Category
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Bulgaria – Land and cultural heritage (Part 3)
Sunday, February 21st, 2010
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Only the Romans managed to wipe out the might of the Ancient Thracian political alliances in the 1st century. Two peaceful countries followed: the Roman Emperors strengthened the Danube border, which is that time separated the civilized European south from the barbarian north and set up the [...] -
Bulgaria – Land and cultural heritage (Part 2)
Saturday, December 12th, 2009
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The lands of this place are also the centre of the most ancient European stock-agricultural community – the Thracian: according to the “father of history” Herodotus it was the most populous in the world next to the Indian. The Thracians formed 90 “tribes”, the biggest part of [...] -
Bulgaria – Land and cultural heritage (Part 1)
Tuesday, December 1st, 2009
It seems as if Bulgaria has been blessed to offer plenty of everything needed for the development of life, economy and culture. More than 500 rivers flow through the territory of Bulgaria – about 110 000 sq. km – there are about 400 lakes and over 500 natural mineral springs (not counting the over [...]