The latter, at its greatest extent, stretched along the Danube River from the Black Sea all the way across a swath of Greece to the Mediterranean on its western coast. Part of the empire occupied what is now northwestern Turkey. Byzantine rulers in the region were therefore quite close ...
“All of that applies to a certain extent—or at least it applies to me,” says Jan Kalmar. For the Denmark native, long-distance drives are part of a journey named “The Longest Drive,” a quest to test limits, break records, and, of course, to escape from daily routine. In ...
Marc Dworkin is in charge of the Bessa Valley project at Pazardjik near Plovdiv. Decanter recalled that in its communist past Bulgaria was one of the four favourite sources of red wine. The attention that the country is getting now as a tourism hotspot should be an opportunity fir Bulgaria ...
consecrated a priest named Solkolski its first Vicar Apostolic of Uniat Bulgaria. This movement, however, did not win the support of Catholic Europe, while the greatest obstacles were placed in its way by Russia and the patriarchate of Constantntinople. Sokolski lapsed back into schism in June...
Pius IX himself, January 21, 1861, consecrated a priest named Sokolski as first Vicar Apostolic of Uniat Bulgaria. This movement, however, did not win the support of Catholic Europe, while the greatest obstacles were placed in its way by Russia and the patriarchate of Constantinople. Sokolski...
The empire reached its greatest extent between 1683 and 1699.(more) The Ottomans first entered the Balkans as mercenaries of Byzantium in the 1340s, and they returned as invaders in their own right during the following decade. Between 1359 and 1362 Sultan Murad I wrested much of Thrace from ...
lakes form the basis of a local tourist industry. On Musala mountain is a cosmic radiation station. North of the Rila massif, overlooking the Sofia basin, is the Vitosha massif that reaches its maximum elevation at Chernivrŭkh, 7,513 feet. Suburbs of Sofia reach its foothills, and its...
At the same time, this summer the resort will celebrate its 50th anniversary. Source: www.standartnews.com New flights to Varna airport for summer 2019 The Hungarian low-cost airline company Wizz Air is striving to increase its routes every year. For summer 2019 the company is planning to ad...
The expansion of the Ottoman EmpireMap showing the expansion of the Ottoman Empire from about 1300 to 1700. The empire reached its greatest extent between 1683 and 1699.(more) TheOttomansfirst entered the Balkans asmercenariesof Byzantium in the 1340s, and they returned as invaders in their own...
The expansion of the Ottoman EmpireMap showing the expansion of the Ottoman Empire from about 1300 to 1700. The empire reached its greatest extent between 1683 and 1699. TheOttomansfirst entered the Balkans asmercenariesof Byzantium in the 1340s, and they returned as invaders in their own right...