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Melnik (Bulgarian: Мелник, Greek: Μελένικο, Meleniko) is a town in Blagoevgrad Province, Southwestern Bulgaria, in the Southwestern Pirin Mountains, about 440 m above sea level. The town is an architectural reserve and 96 of its buildings are cultural monuments.
History of Bulgaria; Odrysian kingdom 460 BC – 46 AD; Roman times 46–681; Dark Ages c. 6th–7th cent. Old Great Bulgaria 7th cent., 632–668; First Bulgarian Empire 681–1018. Christianization; Golden Age 896–927; Cometopuli dynasty 968–1018; Byzantine Bulgaria 1018–1185; Second Bulgarian Empire 1185–1396. Second Golden Age 1230 ...
The Melnik Earth Pyramids (Bulgarian: Мелнишки пирамиди) are rock formations, known as hoodoos, situated at the foothills of the Pirin mountain range in south-western Bulgaria. They span an area of 17 km 2 near the town of Melnik, Blagoevgrad Province. Reaching a height of up to 100 m these sandstone pyramids are shaped in forms ...
The Helsinki Accords was signed by Bulgaria, giving citizens more freedom. 1989: 10 November: Communists in the government are replaced by democracy supporters. 1990: 3 April: Bulgaria is no longer a communist state and was renamed to the Republic of Bulgaria. [2] 1995: Zhan Videnov took office after the angry reactions against a reform on the ...
The Church of St Nicholas (Bulgarian: църква „Свети Никола“, tsarkva „Sveti Nikola“) is a partially preserved medieval Eastern Orthodox church in the town of Melnik in Blagoevgrad Province, southwestern Bulgaria. Dating to the late 12th century, it stands on top of an ancient Thracian sanctuary and a 5th-century ...
Tsar of Bulgaria: Ferdinand I (1887–1918) Boris III (1918–1943) Prime Minister of Bulgaria: Aleksandar Malinov (1908–1911) Ivan Evstratiev Geshov (1911–1913) Stoyan Danev (1913) Vasil Radoslavov (1913–1918) Aleksandar Malinov (1918) Teodor Teodorov (1918–1919) Aleksandar Stamboliyski (1919–1923)
Melnik, Bulgaria, a town Villa Melnik Winery near Melnik, Bulgaria; Melnik Earth Pyramids near Melnik, Bulgaria; Mělník, a town in the Czech Republic Mělník District in the Czech Republic; Melnik, Wisconsin, an unincorporated community in the United States; Melnik Ridge in Antarctica; Melnik Peak in Antarctica
Prince of Bulgaria: Ferdinand I (1887–1908) Tsar of Bulgaria: Ferdinand I (1908–1918) Prime Minister of Bulgaria: Todor Ivanchov (1899–1901) Racho Petrov (1901) Petko Karavelov (1901–1902) Stoyan Danev (1902–1903) Racho Petrov (1903–1906) Dimitar Petkov (1906–1907) Dimitar Stanchov (1907, acting) Petar Gudev (1907–1908 ...