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Map of Old Great Bulgaria, c. 650 Карта на Велика България, ок. 650 година Based on: Рашев, Рашо (2005). „Прабългарите през V-VII век“, Трето издание, София: Орбел. ISBN 954-496-073-2. Date: 4 January 2008 (upload date) Source: Own work: Author: Nk: Other versions
[9] [10] The earliest known town in Europe, Solnitsata, was located in present-day Bulgaria. [11] The Durankulak lake settlement in Bulgaria commenced on a small island, approximately 7000 BC and around 4700/4600 BC the stone architecture was already in general use and became a characteristic phenomenon that was unique in Europe.
Map of Maximus Planudes (c. 1300), earliest extant realization of Ptolemy's world map (2nd century) Gangnido (Korea, 1402) Bianco world map (1436) Fra Mauro map (c. 1450) Map of Bartolomeo Pareto (1455) Genoese map (1457) Map of Juan de la Cosa (1500) Cantino planisphere (1502) Piri Reis map (1513) Dieppe maps (c. 1540s-1560s) Mercator 1569 ...
Bulgaria is rich in industrial minerals, with 70 types being mined. There are important reserves of rock salt near the town of Provadia (4,4 billion tons). Solnitsata, an ancient town located nearby is believed by Bulgarian archaeologists to be the oldest in Europe and was the site of a salt production facility approximately six millennia ago.
Nicopolis ad Istrum (Greek: Νικόπολις ἡ πρὸς Ἴστρον) or Nicopolis ad Iatrum [1] [2] was a Roman and Early Byzantine town. Its ruins are located at the village of Nikyup, [3] 20 km north of Veliko Tarnovo in northern Bulgaria. The town reached its zenith during the reigns of Hadrian, the Antonines and the Severan dynasty ...
Map of Bulgaria under the Cometopuli dynasty of Tsar Samuel (976–1018) [158] The lands to the west of the Iskar River remained free and the Bulgarians were able to regroup headed by the four Cometopuli brothers. [159] By 976, the youngest of them, Samuel, concentrated all power in his hands following the death of his elder siblings.
There are 540 rivers in Bulgaria. [1] The longest river in Bulgaria is the Danube (2,888 km), which spans most of the country's northern border for a length of 470 km. The longest one to run through the country (and also the deepest) is the Maritsa (480 km), while the longest river that runs solely in Bulgaria is the Iskar (368 km).
Map main cities in Bulgaria at Visitmybulgaria.com; Map of Bulgarian towns at BGMaps.com; Map of Bulgarian towns at the World Gazetteer website at archive.today (archived 2012-12-10) Maps of Bulgarian towns at Domino.bg Archived 2008-01-17 at the Wayback Machine; Veliko Tarnovo of Bulgaria; Map of Bulgaria