WHERE IN BULGARIA ARE YOU?

WHERE IN BULGARIA ARE YOU?

Sun, 12/23/2018 - 11:25

Situated on the northern slopes of the Stara Planina, or Balkan Mountains, this small town was a major Revival period centre where the arts and crafts flourished. A number of important Bulgarian poets, revolutionaries and entrepreneurs were born there, and now Bulgarian children are regularly taken to see it in school tours.

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© Anthony Georgieff

It has retained plenty of its quaint charm, but at the same time is one of the few Bulgarian small cities that has eschewed the pitfalls of post-Communism. In fact, its economy after 1989 has done remarkably well. It crowns our selection of Bulgaria's Top 10 small cities that we'll bring you in the first issue of Vagabond in 2019.

Where in Bulgaria are you?

 

 

Issue 147-148

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