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History Bulgaria’s history can be traced back to the most distant antiquity (1st millennium BC). Bulgarian’s land and culture has been crossed by many other cultures during history.
The earliest Thracian states appeared during the 1 millennium B.C., reaching their flowering during the 6th century B.C. Most powerful was the Kingdom of the Odryssai, named after the Odryssai dynasty. Around the 5th century B.C. the Kingdom of the Odryssai was the largest state in Europe, its territories extended from the Danube to the Aegean and from the river Strouma to the Black Sea. Numerous other unique Thracian temples and tombs have also been found in the present-day Bulgarian lands.
The Bulgarian statehood in Europe dates back to 165 AD, according to the oldest Bulgarian chronicle Name List of the Bulgarian Kans. During the 7th century the powerful Kan Koubrat (632-665) headed the state, known as Old Great Bulgaria.
At the beginning of the 11th century the Bulgarians temporarily fell under the rule of Byzantium. Winning back its independence in 1186, medieval Bulgaria underwent a new political and cultural upsurge during the reign of kings Ivan Assen II (1218-1241) and Ivan Alexander (1331-1371).
The brilliant civilization of the medieval Bulgarians was cut short by the Turkish invasion in the 14th century. Bulgaria was conquered and was forcibly included in the Ottoman Empire for five long centuries.
The Age of the Bulgarian National Revival began at the start of the 18th century. The Russian-Turkish war of 1877-1878 brought the Liberation of Bulgaria from Ottoman rule (1878). After the Liberation, Bulgaria took the first steps towards joining the civilized European world.
On September 9, 1944, a government of the Fatherland Front was established in Bulgaria. During the following year the country was proclaimed a republic. Until the end of the 1980s, Bulgaria was part of the political, military and economic structures of what was referred to as the Eastern Bloc. November 10, 1989 laid the beginnings of the democratic changes in Bulgaria. A new Constitution was endorsed (1991), the political parties were restored.
Today Bulgaria is becoming integrated in the big European community at accelerated rates, reaffirming its own model of ethnic tolerance, resting on the traditional Bulgarian democratic values and on historical experience.
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This tour presents the emblematic Bulgaria: its rich Thracian culture, gloriuos medieval monuments, picturesque Revival towns, traditional crafts and products, green mountains and sandy beaches.
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This ancient city is really unknown o most of the people abroad, although that is one of the oldest in Europe. In it’s turbulent history it has it’s ups and downs, dramatic defeats and triumphant victories.
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The most famous monument of Bulgarian architecture and culture from the National Revival period is located 129km south from Sofia. Founded during the 10th century, it survived in all times. Repeatedly destroyed and burned during its millennial history,
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Plovdiv – more ancient than Bulgaria itself. Its indelible marks are still to be seen today: the marble – tiled Forum, the Roman Stadium, the Ancient Theatre, rising above the Old Plovdiv is an original heritage park that lives on, an architectural phenom
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Wine has been known in the land of Bulgaria since ancient times. Archaeology, folklore, and literature provide ample evidence that wine grapes have thrived in these lands ever since the late Stone Age: grape growing and wine making were vital to the way..
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