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Veliko Tarnovo (Bulgarian: Велико Търново, romanized: Veliko Tarnovo, pronounced [vɛˈliko ˈtɤrnovo]; "Great Tarnovo") is a city in north central Bulgaria and the administrative centre of Veliko Tarnovo Province. It is the historical and cultural capital of Bulgaria.
It is named after its administrative centre - the old capital of the country, the city of Veliko Tarnovo which is also the main town of the province. The municipality embraces a territory of 883 km 2 (341 sq mi) with a population of 88,724 inhabitants, as of December 2009.
The Veliko Tarnovo province had a population of 293,294 (293,172 also given) according to a 2001 census, of which 48.3% were male and 51.6% were female. [7] As of the end of 2009, the population of the province, announced by the Bulgarian National Statistical Institute, numbered 275,395 [1] of which 26% are inhabitants aged over 60 years. [8]
The church lies at the northeastern foot of the Trapezitsa and Tsarevets hills, on the right bank of the Yantra River, outside the city's medieval fortifications.. Architecturally, it has a pentahedral apse and a cross-domed design with a narthex and a fore-
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The village is also mentioned by the Roman Catholic bishop of Sofia Petar Bogdan Bakshev, who visited Tarnovo in 1640. He remarked there was a village up in the mountains, from where the whole of Tarnovo could be seen, that had about 1,000 houses. Another Roman Catholic bishop, Anton Stefanov, refers to Arbanasi in 1685.
Buildings and structures in Veliko Tarnovo (2 C, 8 P) C. Culture in Veliko Tarnovo (2 C, 8 P) E. Education in Veliko Tarnovo (1 C, 3 P) G. Geography of Veliko Tarnovo ...
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