| Country |
Details |
Photo |
Description |
Year
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| Bulgaria |
Region : Iskar Gorge
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The gorge is 156km long.
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2006 |
| Bulgaria |
Region : Iskar Gorge
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The narrow part of the gorge.
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2006 |
| Bulgaria |
Region : Iskar Gorge
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The Iskar Gorge cuts through the Stara Planina mountains and is 156km long.
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2006 |
| Bulgaria |
Region : Iskar Gorge
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Spectacular rock formations on the slopes of the gorge.
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2006 |
| Bulgaria |
Region : Iskar Gorge
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View of the gorge.
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2006 |
| Bulgaria |
Region : Iskar Gorge
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Settlement by the river.
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2006 |
| Bulgaria |
Region : Iskar Gorge
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Group of houses by a cliff.
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2006 |
| Bulgaria |
Region : Iskar Gorge
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The river.
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2006 |
| Bulgaria |
Region : Iskar Gorge
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The eastern end of the gorge.
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2006 |
| Bulgaria |
Region : Central Regions
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Fertile landscape near Veliko Tarnovo.
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2006 |
| Bulgaria |
City / Town : Veliko Tarnovo
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Veliko Tarnovo is set on a gorge. It was the former capital of the country.
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2006 |
| Bulgaria |
City / Town : Veliko Tarnovo
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The city on the edge of the gorge.
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2006 |
| Bulgaria |
City / Town : Veliko Tarnovo
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The gorge is very steep with houses right at the edge.
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2006 |
| Bulgaria |
City / Town : Veliko Tarnovo
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The central districts of the city reflected in the Yantra River.
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2006 |
| Bulgaria |
City / Town : Veliko Tarnovo
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Much of Veliko Tarnovo is perched on a gorge.
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2006 |
| Bulgaria |
City / Town : Veliko Tarnovo
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Houses stacked up on the steep gorge.
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2006 |
| Bulgaria |
City / Town : Veliko Tarnovo
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View of the city.
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2006 |
| Bulgaria |
City / Town : Veliko Tarnovo
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Houses on hilly Veliko Tarnovo.
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2006 |
| Bulgaria |
City / Town : Veliko Tarnovo
Site / Event : Monument of the Asens
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The Monument of the Asens overlooking the Yantra River.
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2006 |
| Bulgaria |
City / Town : Veliko Tarnovo
Site / Event : Monument of the Asens
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The monument commemorates a dynasty of Bulgarian kings.
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2006 |
| Bulgaria |
City / Town : Veliko Tarnovo
Site / Event : Monument of the Asens
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Horsemen.
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2006 |
| Bulgaria |
City / Town : Veliko Tarnovo
|
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The main street.
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2006 |
| Bulgaria |
City / Town : Veliko Tarnovo
|
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Clothes shops.
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2006 |
| Bulgaria |
City / Town : Veliko Tarnovo
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Shops.
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2006 |
| Bulgaria |
City / Town : Veliko Tarnovo
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Street scene.
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2006 |
| Bulgaria |
City / Town : Veliko Tarnovo
|
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House with overhanging balcony.
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2006 |
| Bulgaria |
City / Town : Veliko Tarnovo
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Narrow streets.
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2006 |
| Bulgaria |
City / Town : Veliko Tarnovo
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Typical house in the old part of the city.
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2006 |
| Bulgaria |
City / Town : Veliko Tarnovo
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Overhanging balconies in the old city.
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2006 |
| Bulgaria |
City / Town : Veliko Tarnovo
|
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The upper districts of Veliko Tarnovo.
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2006 |
| Bulgaria |
City / Town : Veliko Tarnovo
|
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St Bogadaritsa Church.
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2006 |
| Bulgaria |
City / Town : Veliko Tarnovo
|
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Shops.
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2006 |
| Bulgaria |
City / Town : Veliko Tarnovo
|
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Spectacular scenery at Veliko Tarnovo.
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2006 |
| Bulgaria |
City / Town : Veliko Tarnovo
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Street scene on a hill.
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2006 |
| Bulgaria |
City / Town : Veliko Tarnovo
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The city is a mountainous region.
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2006 |
| Bulgaria |
City / Town : Veliko Tarnovo
|
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Hilly street.
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2006 |
| Bulgaria |
City / Town : Veliko Tarnovo
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Cobbled streets.
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2006 |
| Bulgaria |
City / Town : Veliko Tarnovo
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Metalware.
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2006 |
| Bulgaria |
City / Town : Veliko Tarnovo
|
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Cafe.
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2006 |
| Bulgaria |
City / Town : Veliko Tarnovo
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Whitewashed wooden houses.
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2006 |
| Bulgaria |
City / Town : Veliko Tarnovo
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Shop front.
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2006 |
| Bulgaria |
City / Town : Veliko Tarnovo
|
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Suburban area.
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2006 |
| Bulgaria |
City / Town : Veliko Tarnovo
|
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Traditional houses.
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2006 |
| Bulgaria |
City / Town : Veliko Tarnovo
District : Asenova
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The Asenova district with its bridge over the River Yantra.
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2006 |
| Bulgaria |
City / Town : Veliko Tarnovo
District : Asenova
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Bridge over the river.
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2006 |
| Bulgaria |
City / Town : Veliko Tarnovo
District : Asenova
|
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Church of the Assumption.
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2006 |
| Bulgaria |
City / Town : Veliko Tarnovo
District : Asenova
Site / Event : Forty Martyrs Church
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The Forty Martyrs Church.
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2006 |
| Bulgaria |
City / Town : Veliko Tarnovo
District : Asenova
Site / Event : Forty Martyrs Church
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The church dates from 1230.
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2006 |
| Bulgaria |
City / Town : Veliko Tarnovo
District : Asenova
|
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The Yantra River.
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2006 |
| Bulgaria |
City / Town : Veliko Tarnovo
Site / Event : St Nikolai Church
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Murals outside St Nikolai Church (1879).
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2006 |
| Bulgaria |
City / Town : Veliko Tarnovo
Site / Event : St Nikolai Church
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The bellrower.
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2006 |
| Bulgaria |
City / Town : Veliko Tarnovo
Site / Event : St Nikolai Church
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Plaque.
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2006 |
| Bulgaria |
City / Town : Veliko Tarnovo
Site / Event : St Nikolai Church
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The clocktower is a later addition.
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2006 |
| Bulgaria |
City / Town : Veliko Tarnovo
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Street statue.
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2006 |
| Bulgaria |
City / Town : Veliko Tarnovo
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The city suburbs and the Yantra River.
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2006 |
| Bulgaria |
City / Town : Veliko Tarnovo
District : Tsarevets
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Tsarevets (overlooking Veliko Tarnovo) is a medaeval fortress which used to be the capital of Bulgaria.
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2006 |
| Bulgaria |
City / Town : Veliko Tarnovo
District : Tsarevets
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The main gate to the fort with the Church of the Blessed Saviour at the highest point.
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2006 |
| Bulgaria |
City / Town : Veliko Tarnovo
District : Tsarevets
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The walls were 12m high and 10m thick.
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2006 |
| Bulgaria |
City / Town : Veliko Tarnovo
District : Tsarevets
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The fort was active between 1185 and 1393.
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2006 |
| Bulgaria |
City / Town : Veliko Tarnovo
District : Tsarevets
|
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Watchtower along the walls of the fort.
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2006 |
| Bulgaria |
City / Town : Veliko Tarnovo
District : Tsarevets
Site / Event : Royal Palace
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The Royal Palace.
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2006 |
| Bulgaria |
City / Town : Veliko Tarnovo
District : Tsarevets
Site / Event : Royal Palace
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Part of the Royal Palace which once covered an area of 4500 square metres.
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2006 |
| Bulgaria |
City / Town : Veliko Tarnovo
District : Tsarevets
Site / Event : Royal Palace
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The foundations.
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2006 |
| Bulgaria |
City / Town : Veliko Tarnovo
District : Tsarevets
Site / Event : Royal Palace
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The Bulgarian state was ruled from the palace for 200 years.
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2006 |
| Bulgaria |
City / Town : Veliko Tarnovo
District : Tsarevets
|
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The Church of the Blessed Saviour (1235) at the highest point in the fort.
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2006 |
| Bulgaria |
City / Town : Veliko Tarnovo
District : Tsarevets
|
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The fort was taken by the Ottomans in 1393.
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2006 |
| Bulgaria |
City / Town : Veliko Tarnovo
District : Tsarevets
|
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View of the city from the walls.
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2006 |
| Bulgaria |
City / Town : Veliko Tarnovo
District : Tsarevets
|
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View of Veliko Tarnovo.
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2006 |
| Bulgaria |
City / Town : Veliko Tarnovo
District : Tsarevets
|
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The Yantra River.
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2006 |
| Bulgaria |
City / Town : Veliko Tarnovo
District : Tsarevets
|
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View of Asenova by the river.
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2006 |
| Bulgaria |
City / Town : Veliko Tarnovo
District : Tsarevets
|
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View along the valley.
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2006 |
| Bulgaria |
City / Town : Veliko Tarnovo
District : Tsarevets
|
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View from the walled city.
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2006 |
| Bulgaria |
City / Town : Veliko Tarnovo
District : Tsarevets
|
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The Bulgarian flag.
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2006 |
| Bulgaria |
City / Town : Plovdiv
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Pedestrian street in the centre of Plovdiv.
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2006 |
| Bulgaria |
City / Town : Plovdiv
|
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The city centre.
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2006 |
| Bulgaria |
City / Town : Plovdiv
|
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The Roman Forum.
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2006 |
| Bulgaria |
City / Town : Plovdiv
|
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Statue of Phillip II (father of Alexander the Great) after whom the city is named.
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2006 |
| Bulgaria |
City / Town : Plovdiv
|
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Street scene.
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2006 |
| Bulgaria |
City / Town : Plovdiv
|
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The main post office.
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2006 |
| Bulgaria |
City / Town : Plovdiv
|
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Pedestrian street with honey sellers.
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2006 |
| Bulgaria |
City / Town : Plovdiv
|
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Honey seller.
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2006 |
| Bulgaria |
City / Town : Plovdiv
|
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War memorial.
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2006 |
| Bulgaria |
City / Town : Plovdiv
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Elegant buildings.
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2006 |
| Bulgaria |
City / Town : Plovdiv
|
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Street cafe.
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2006 |
| Bulgaria |
City / Town : Plovdiv
Site / Event : Danov House
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Danov House is the home of writer Hristo Danov.
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2006 |
| Bulgaria |
City / Town : Plovdiv
Site / Event : Danov House
|
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A 19th century classroom.
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2006 |
| Bulgaria |
City / Town : Plovdiv
|
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One of many statues of artists.
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2006 |
| Bulgaria |
City / Town : Plovdiv
|
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The cobbled hilly streets of the old city.
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2006 |
| Bulgaria |
City / Town : Plovdiv
|
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The belltower of the Church of Sveta Bogoroditsa (1844).
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2006 |
| Bulgaria |
City / Town : Plovdiv
|
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The 15th century Jumaya Mosque is one of the oldest in the Balkans. The minaret is 23m high.
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2006 |
| Bulgaria |
City / Town : Plovdiv
Site / Event : Roman Amphitheatre
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The 2nd century Roman Amphitheatre, built by Trajan, was lost until a 1972 landslide.
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2006 |
| Bulgaria |
City / Town : Plovdiv
Site / Event : Roman Amphitheatre
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The amphitheatre is overlooked by buildings.
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2006 |
| Bulgaria |
City / Town : Plovdiv
Site / Event : Roman Amphitheatre
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The Roman Amphitheatre.
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2006 |
| Bulgaria |
City / Town : Plovdiv
|
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Clothes shop.
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2006 |
| Bulgaria |
City / Town : Plovdiv
|
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Houses with overhanging upper floors.
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2006 |
| Bulgaria |
City / Town : Plovdiv
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Shops.
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2006 |
| Bulgaria |
City / Town : Plovdiv
|
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Narrow streets of the old city.
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2006 |
| Bulgaria |
City / Town : Plovdiv
|
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Cobbled streets.
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2006 |
| Bulgaria |
City / Town : Plovdiv
|
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One of the many artists statues.
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2006 |
| Bulgaria |
City / Town : Plovdiv
|
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Traditional house.
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2006 |
were added from 1 February 2025.