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Rough Guides author Jonathan Bousfield attributes its building to the rule of Tsar Ivan Alexander of Bulgaria (r. 1331–1371), [5] though during this time control of Nesebar changed many times between the Second Bulgarian Empire and Byzantium. [6] The church is dedicated to Christ Pantocrator, a name of God which hails him as the "Ruler of All ...
Nesebar (often transcribed as Nessebar and sometimes as Nesebur, Bulgarian: Несебър, pronounced [nɛˈsɛbɐr]) is an ancient city and one of the major seaside resorts on the Bulgarian Black Sea Coast, located in Burgas Province. It is the administrative centre of the homonymous Nesebar Municipality.
Tourism in Bulgaria is a significant contributor to the country's economy. Situated at the crossroads of the East and West, Bulgaria has been home to many civilizations: Thracians, Greeks, Romans, Eastern Romans or Byzantines, Slavs, Bulgars, and Ottomans. The country is rich in tourist sights and historical artifacts, scattered through a ...
Nesebar Municipality (Bulgarian: Община Несебър, Obshtina Nesebar) is a Bulgarian municipality comprising the northern part of the Black Sea coast of Burgas Province, Bulgaria. Its northern border is with the municipalities of Byala and Dolni Chiflik , its western border — with the municipality of Pomorie , and its eastern border ...
The official public holidays in Bulgaria [1] are listed in the table below. Date Holiday Official name (Bulgarian) Notes 1 January: New Year's Day: Нова година
Restored basilica church of the Holy Mother of God Eleusa in Nesebar, Bulgaria, with windmill. The Basilica of the Holy Mother of God Eleusa, Nesebar, is a former monastery church situated in the UNESCO World Heritage town of Nesebar in Bulgaria and dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary under the title "Eleusa", Ελεούσσα in Byzantine Greek, or "the Tender".
The building consists of a three-nave basilica with dimensions 12.1 x 9.5 m, and served as the cathedral church of the metropolitan center in the province of Nessebar. [citation needed] The church has been restored and enlarged several times and is difficult to be dated exactly. The eastern part is the oldest and probably dates from the 11th ...
Hagia Sophia Church (Medieval Greek: Ναός Ἁγίας Σοφίας, Naós Hagías Sophías, "Church of Holy Wisdom"), also known as the Church of Saint Sofia (Bulgarian: църква „Света София“, cǎ́rkva "Sveta Sofiya") and the Old Bishopric (Bulgarian: Старата митрополия, Starata mitropoliya) is an Eastern Orthodox church in Nesebar, eastern Bulgaria. [1]