Portal:Bulgaria

Welcome to the Bulgaria portal! The Seven Rila Lakes, Rila, Bulgaria Location of Bulgaria (dark green) Bulgaria, officially the Republic of Bulgaria, is a country in Southeast Europe. Located west of the Black Sea and south of the Danube river, Bulgaria is bordered by Greece and Turkey to the south, Serbia and North Macedonia to the west, and Romania to the north. It covers a territory of 110,994 square kilometres (42,855 sq mi) and is the 16th largest country in Europe. Sofia is the nation's capital and largest city; other major cities include Burgas, Plovdiv, and Varna. Bulgaria has a high-income economy, its market economy is part of the European Single Market and is largely based on services, followed by industry—especially machine building and mining—and agriculture. The country faces a demographic crisis; its population peaked at 9 million in 1989, and has since decreased to under 6.4 million as of 2024. Bulgaria is a member of the European Union, the Schengen Area, NATO, and the Council of Europe. It is also a founding member of the OSCE and has taken a seat on the United Nations Security Council three times. (Full article...) Selected article - The ruins of the Round Church in Preslav. View from the atrium entrance looking towards the narthex and rotunda gates, with the apse in the distance The Round Church (Bulgarian: Кръгла църква, Kragla tsarkva), also known as the Golden Church (Златна църква, Zlatna tsarkva) or the Church of St John (църква "Свети Йоан", tsarkva "Sveti Yoan"), is a large partially preserved early medieval Eastern Orthodox church. It lies in Preslav, the former capital of the First Bulgarian Empire, today a town in northeastern Bulgaria. The church dates to the early 10th century, the time of Tsar Simeon I's rule, and was unearthed and first archaeologically examined in 1927–1928. Considered to be one of the most impressive examples of medieval Bulgarian architecture, the Round Church takes its name from the distinctive shape of one of its three sections, the cella (naos), which is a rotunda that serves as a place of liturgy. The church's design also includes a wide atrium and a rectangular entrance area, or narthex, marked by two circular turrets. (Full article...) List of selected articles Ivan Alexander of Bulgaria Simeon I of Bulgaria Banat Bulgarians Rhodope Mountains Byzantine–Bulgarian wars Blagoevgrad Province Ivan Asen II Hristofor Žefarović Sofia Bachkovo Monastery Gabrovo Euxinograd Bogomilism Pleven Hristofor Žefarović John of Rila Veselin Topalov Sviatoslav I Second Bulgarian Empire List of amphibians of Bulgaria Strandzha Nature Park Ivan Shishman of Bulgaria Shumen fortress The Big Four: Live from Sofia, Bulgaria Boril of Bulgaria Museum of Socialist Art Church of Christ Pantocrator, Nesebar Chiprovtsi Shumen Plateau Nature Park Momchil Isbul Byzantine–Bulgarian war of 894–896 Aldimir Girdap Sviatoslav's invasion of Bulgaria Michael Shishman of Bulgaria Ascension Cathedral (Veliko Tarnovo) Vasil Levski Ala (demon) COVID-19 pandemic in Bulgaria Bulgarian Crisis (1885–88) LGBT rights in Bulgaria 2021 Bulgarian general election Bulgarian Socialist Party Union of Bulgaria and Romania People's Republic of Bulgaria Bulgarian Social Democratic Workers Party (Broad Socialists) Economy of Bulgaria Rumen Radev Did you know (auto-generated) ... that Tsvetana Jermanova survived imprisonment in two forced labour camps in communist Bulgaria? ... that during the 1899–1900 peasant unrest in Bulgaria, some troops refused orders to fire on the protesters? Gallery Sofia is the biggest city in Bulgaria. Varna lake is a salt lake near Black sea. A beach in Bulgaria. Danube river in Bulgaria Rila is a mountain in West Bulgaria Maritsa is a river in South Bulgaria. Razgrad is a city in East Bulgaria. Selected Picture Panoramic overview of Melnik With a population of 385 Melnik (Bulgarian: Мелник), situated near the Melnik Rock Pyramids, is the smallest town in Bulgaria. More did You Know? ...that 62% of the surface of the Pirin Mountains (peak pictured) is granite, and is therefore covered with mainly ancient metamorphic rock? ...that the Crusade of Varna required simultaneous attacks on the Muslim Ottoman Empire by Christian Hungary and the Muslim Karamanids, which did not occur? ...that the area on which Vrana Palace was constructed, just outside of Sofia, was initially purchased by Tsar Ferdinand I in 1898? ...that mining has caused significant ecologically damage to the Timok River recently, and also from heavy metal industry in other cities? 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