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Great Bulgarian Forest (latin: Silva Magna Bulgarica or Silvas Bulgarorum) was the territory between Belgrade and the Gate of Trajan, entering Via Militaris in Thrace. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] In the Middle Ages this territory was afforested with inaccessible forests and was known to all by this name.
This is a list of protected areas in Bulgaria which includes 3 national parks, 11 nature parks and 55 nature reserves. [1] The national policy for governing and management of the protected areas is implemented by the Ministry of Environment and Water. The first nature park in Bulgaria and the Balkan Peninsula is Vitosha Nature Park, established ...
Forest fruits (Daphne mezereum) in Bulgarka Nature Park. Forests cover about 80.2% of the park area, or 17,461 hectares. Varieties of beech constitute the largest portion of the forest, at 65%. Other deciduous trees include oaks, water locust, birch hornbeam, linden, elm, acacia, aspen, maple, ash, wild cherry, holly, rowan, birch and others.
This is a list of areas of existing old-growth forest which include at least 10 acres (4.0 hectares) of old growth. Ecoregion information from "Terrestrial Ecoregions of the World". [ 1 ]
Bulgaria accepted the convention on 7 March 1974. [3] As of 2022, there are ten World Heritage Sites listed in Bulgaria. The first four sites were listed in 1979: the Boyana Church, the Madara Rider, the Rock-hewn Churches of Ivanovo, and the Thracian Tomb of Kazanlak. Four more sites were listed in 1983, one in 1985, and the most recent one in ...
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Old Great Bulgaria (Medieval Greek: Παλαιά Μεγάλη Βουλγαρία, Palaiá Megálē Voulgaría), also often known by the Latin names Magna Bulgaria [5] and Patria Onoguria ("Onogur land"), [6] was a 7th-century Turkic nomadic empire formed by the Onogur-Bulgars on the western Pontic–Caspian steppe (modern southern Ukraine and southwest Russia). [7]
Rila Monastery Nature park is the second most visited nature park in Bulgaria after Vitosha, which is situated next to the nation's capital Sofia. [53] Around 96% of all adult Bulgarians have visited the Rila Monastery at least once; of them 60% have come more than twice. [54] In 2008 the park was visited by 1,002,204 people. [1]