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Date: 2019/12/20 File Size: 54.40 MB
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Bulgarian cities - Plovdiv - European Capital of Culture 2019


The complex has been formed as a result of the long sequence of habitation from prehistoric times to present day and combines the culture and architecture from Antiquity, Middle Ages and Bulgarian revival. The old town in Plovdiv is included in UNESCO World Heritage tentative list since 2004. Throughout the years, Plovdiv bore different names: Kendrissos , Evmolpias , Philippopolis, Pulpudeva , Trimontsium , Ulpia , Flavia Julia , Plapdiv , Puldin Ploudin , Filibe and others. The ancient city of Plovdiv is the second largest city in Bulgaria with a population of 368,469 people, accounting for 4.6 percent of the total of the country. Plovdiv is the administrative center of Plovdiv. The city is built at the foot of the seven hills , which is why it is often called The City in the hills or seven hills . Situated in the west of the Bulgarian part of Thrace, passed through it largest river in Bulgaria - Maritsa. Plovdiv is host to a huge variety of cultural events such as the International Fair Plovdiv, the international theatrical festival - A stage on a crossroad, the TV festival The golden chest, and many more novel festivals, such as Night/Plovdiv in September, Kapana Fest, and Opera Open. There are many preserved ruins such as the ancient Plovdiv Roman theatre, a Roman odeon, a Roman aqueduct, the Plovdiv Roman Stadium, the archaeological complex Eirene, and others. The city is used to be the new industrial zone of Bulgaria. Plovdiv is the European Capital of Culture alongside the Italian city of Matera, Italy. The closing ceremony for the European Capital Culture is scheduled to be on January 12, 2020, Plovdiv, Bulgaria on December 21, 2019

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