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Bulgarian archaeologist Nikolay Ovcharov started the excavation works at Perperikon in 2000, and revealed the remains of ancient architectural complex. Human activity in the area dates back to 5000 B.C.

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Thracian trasure

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The Thracians either had skillful craftsmen themselves, or access to Greek craftsmen. They made beautifully ornate golden and silver objects such as various kinds of vessels, rhytons, facial masks, pectorals, jewelry, weapons, etc. These show strong, and increasing, influence from the neighbouring cultures, especially the Greeks. They used to bury rich hoards of precious objects both to hide them in times of enemy invasions and unrest as well as for ritual purposes. To date, more than 80 Thracian treasures have been excavated in Bulgaria which was the cradle of the Thracian civilization. Refer to the map which explicitly shows the territory of present-day Bulgaria.

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The Thracians either had skillful craftsmen themselves, or access to Greek craftsmen. They made beautifully ornate golden and silver objects such as various kinds of vessels, rhytons, facial masks, pectorals, jewelry, weapons, etc. These show strong, and increasing, influence from the neighbouring cultures, especially the Greeks.

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Bulgarian Cultural Heritage

The Monastery of Bachkovo

The Monastery of Bachkovo is one of the finest examples of Bulgarian art and history. It was built in the end of the eleventh century. Unfortunately, the monastery was destroyed and rebuilt in the beginning of the seventeenth century. There are a lot of mural paintings on the walls and the ceiling of the basic church

Researchers say that they are one of the most significant not only in Bulgarian art, but also in the whole European art of painting.
The most precious icon in the monastery is the miraculous Virgin Mary icon. It is very old - it dates back to 1311. There is a legend about it being found after monks hid it from the Turkish. Shepherds saw something glittering in the rocks of a place called Kloviata. Now every year the icon is taken there to the place where it was found.

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There is one other building near the monastery which is really old - the Ossuary. It looks like a tomb and the frescos there are really fantastic.

One of the last people to paint there was Zahari Zograph and he even put his portrait in the upper left corner of the mural in the church Saint Nickola.

The Monastery of Bachkovo is probably the most magical monastery in the world.

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Bulgarian Cultural Heritage The Monastery of Bachkovo is one of the finest examples of Bulgarian art and history. It was built in the end of the eleventh century. Unfortunately, the monastery was destroyed and rebuilt in the beginning of the seventeenth century.

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The History of the Monastery

The monastery was founded in 1083 by Prince Gregory Pakourianos, a prominent statesman and military commander in the Byzantine service, as a Georgian-dominated Orthodox monastery.[1] He set up a seminary(school) for the youth at the monastery. The curriculum included religion, as well as mathematics, history and music. In the 13th century, the Georgian and Chalcedonic Armenian monks[2] of the Petritsioni (Bachkovo) Monastery lost their domination over the monastery, but their traditions were preserved until the beginning of 14th century and an Armenian Gospel from the 10th century that came from this monastery still exists today.

Ossuary

The only part that has survived from the monastery's original structure is the ossuary, which has a specific architectural design and ancient frescoes, and is situated 300 m away from the contemporary monastery complex. It looks inaccessible when viewed from the north. The building has two storeys, of which only one can be seen from the south. From architectural point of view the plan of the ossuary looks foreign to the local traditions. It is reminiscent of Syrian-Palestine mortuaries with its two floors of identical design. Each floor has a narthex, a single nave and an apse. The ground floor is intended for a crypt and has 14 burial niches. It would appear that the original ossuary was designed to house fourteen specific corpses under the floor pavement. This style of ossuary is not found anywhere else in the world.

The ''Panorama'' mural

The "Panorama" mural, which runs along the outside wall of the refectory, represents the history of Bachkovo monastery pictorially. It provides a bird's eye view of the monastery with all the surrounding buildings at the time of the painting.

Under the influence of different atmospheric conditions like rain, snow, fog, cold, wind, the biggest scenic mural on the Balkan peninsula has preserved the freshness of its paint. The painter Alexi Atanasov, a Bulgarian from the town of Negush, worked in this region in the 19th century.

The year of the decoration can be determined by an inscription that was on the outside walls of the western monastery wing, which was burned in 1902. This inscription read:

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The monastery was founded in 1083 by Prince Gregory Pakourianos, a prominent statesman and military commander in the Byzantine service, as a Georgian-dominated Orthodox monastery.[1] He set up a seminary(school) for the youth at the monastery. The curriculum included religion, as well as mathematics, history and music.

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Bulgarian Cultural Heritage by Nadia

The wall decoration

The wall decoration imitates in colors the front wall of a rich construction, coated in marble tiles and ending in architectural details. The warriors presented on the second frieze in the corridor represent a meeting between two enemy troops, and a fight scene is presented on the west wall. The scenes represent a historical event related to the life of the distinguished Thracian ruler buried in the tomb.

Figures

The monument

The monument owes its global fame to the remarkable wall-paintings in the corridor and the dome premise - one of the best preserved products of the antique painting from the early Hellenistic age. The unknown painter had worked in four basic colors: black, red, yellow and white.

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Bulgarian Cultural Heritage by Nadia The wall decoration imitates in colors the front wall of a rich construction, coated in marble tiles and ending in architectural details. The warriors presented on the second frieze in the corridor represent a meeting between two enemy troops, and a fight scene is presented on the west wall.

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The Madara Rider

The Madara Rider is carved on a rock near the village of Madara in northeastern Bulgaria.
This historic memorial is a rock relief cut in the 8th century on a verdant rock at a height of 23 meters. It depicts a horseman, a lion, a dog, an eagle and inscriptions in Greek.
The horseman is on the right, in his left hand he holds the rider on the horse that is seated, and in the right he throws a spear on, dropped under the front leg of the horse lion.
Behind the horse is a running hunting dog from the right to the head of the horse is depicted an eagle with wings spread. This combination symbolizes victory over the enemy.

Madara Rider - Cultural Heritage

Madara Rider is the only rock relief in Europe since the early Middle Ages. In 1979 it was declared a UNESCO World Cultural and Historic Heritage. The monument is among the hundred national tourist sites of Bulgaria. On 29 June 2008 it was officially announced as "Global Symbol of Bulgaria".

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Bugarian Cultural Heritagen by Hristiana The Madara Rider is carved on a rock near the village of Madara in northeastern Bulgaria. This historic memorial is a rock relief cut in the 8th century on a verdant rock at a height of 23 meters. It depicts a horseman, a lion, a dog, an eagle and inscriptions in Greek.

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Bulgarian Cultural Heritage By Zeliha

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The ancient town of Nessebar is situated on a romantic rocky peninsula connected to the mainland by a narrow causeway. The peninsula is 850 metres long and 300 metres wide. The town has a century-old history and it has preserved architectural monuments from all periods in its thousand year old existence. There are the remains of the Roman and Medieval walls, the Byzantine and Bulgarian churches and the old houses from 18th and 19th cc. The town is proud of its churches. The church of St. Sofia, known as the Old Metropolitan church, and the church of Virgin Eleusa, situated on the northern shore, are three-isled basilicas dating back to the early Byzantine period from 5th to 6th cc. The church of St. John the Baptist from 11th c is distinguished for its cylinder dome and St. Stephen's church is remarkable for its frescoes from 16th c. Nessebar is the cultural treasury of Bulgaria. In 1956 it was declared "a museum-town, an archaeological and architectural reserve". Because of its unique historic colour it was listed as a World Cultural Heritage Monument in 1983.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Ancient City of Nessebar Situated on a rocky peninsula on the Black Sea, the more than 3,000-year-old site of Nessebar was originally a Thracian settlement (Menebria). At the beginning of the 6th century BC, the city became a Greek colony. The city's remains, which date mostly from the Hellenistic period, include the acropolis, a temple of Apollo, an agora and a wall from the Thracian fortifications.

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Bulgarian Cultural Heritage By Zeliha The ancient town of Nessebar is situated on a romantic rocky peninsula connected to the mainland by a narrow causeway. The peninsula is 850 metres long and 300 metres wide. The town has a century-old history and it has preserved architectural monuments from all periods in its thousand year old existence.

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The tomb of Alexandrovo

It dates to the 4th century BC. She belonged to a Thracian king or a noble aristocrat. In order to take care of the funeral ceremony and the Thracian religious beliefs to unlock animals from the high-quality personality, it is planned to rob, but to achieve impressive success.

The tomb has a 10-meter dromos, rectangular antechamber, and a round tomb chamber with a bell tower. The ritual bed was destroyed in antiquity.

The murals are located on the walls of both the grave chamber and the dromos and the antechamber. Predominantly hunting scenes (hunting of boars and deer), as well as a funeral feast, are depicted. Both scenes are probably postponed to the beyond world, usually recreated in tombs. It is known that in the presentation of the hereafter the aristocratic teachings of the Thracians of the municipalities are added [1], which are marked by heroes (anthropogenic). The murals are an important source of Thracian royal apparel, the decoration of the royal riding horses and the royal insignia. Interesting is a naked male figure twisted with a double ax (labs) - probably this image of a mythical hero-ancestor.

Once again, in the camera above the scene with the wrong appointment, with a sharp object, with an image of the young men and women in the profile. Open above the portrait there is an inscription with Greek letters, which Prof. Gerasimova describes as CODISIMASESS HRASTOS. Depending on its first word, it is a personal name of Thracian origin, and the second is a nickname which means means, skillful, etc. Thus, the inscription can be interpreted as CODING MESSAGE.

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WHAT IS THE PANAGYURISHTE GOLD TREASURE?

The panagyurishte gold treasure is the Thracian, antique, gold craft Kit, consisting of nine courts with a total weight of 6.164 kilogrammes found on 8 December 1949 to 2 km from the town. Panagyurishte by Pavel, Petko and Michail Dejkovi.

It is believed that the set belonged to the rulers of the tribe odryssae from the end of the IV and the beginning of the III century BC. and has been used for religious ceremonies. In style and decoration combine his Thracian and Hellenistic influences.

It consists of 9 gold objects - a phiale and eight rhytons. Similar containers of precious metal are symbols of social status and are used in the ritual actions of the Thracian Princes. Presentation of gods and heroes, the heads with Negroid features, sacred animals and mythological beings in antiquity there are ritual function - they need to purge the fluid and keep participating in the ritual.

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The panagyurishte gold treasure is the Thracian, antique, gold craft Kit, consisting of nine courts with a total weight of 6.164 kilogrammes found on 8 December 1949 to 2 km from the town. Panagyurishte by Pavel, Petko and Michail Dejkovi.

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The Madara Rider is a unique relief,which was created at the beginning of the 8th century. It is located near Shumen,Bulgaria.

The Madara Rider is outstanding not only as a work of the realist Bulgarian sculpture but also as a piece of historical source material from the earliest years of the Bulgarian state, since the inscriptions around the relief chronicle events in the reigns of famous Khans.

In 1979 it became enlisted on the UNESCO World Heritage List.

The horseman, facing right, is thrusting a spear into a lion lying at his horse's feet, and on the left a dog is running after the horseman

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The Madara Rider is a unique relief,which was created at the beginning of the 8th century. It is located near Shumen,Bulgaria. The Madara Rider is outstanding not only as a work of the realist Bulgarian sculpture but also as a piece of historical source material from the earliest years of the Bulgarian state, since the inscriptions around the relief chronicle events in the reigns of famous Khans.

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The Tsarevets Reserve is situated near the very center of Veliko Tarnovo. Today it captivates with its incredible architecture and at the time was the main Bulgarian fortress during the Second Bulgarian Kingdom (1185-1393). During the Middle Ages, the hill is entirely built with residential and administrative buildings. The construction of the fortress began in the 12th century,it has three entrances.

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The Tsarevets Reserve is situated near the very center of Veliko Tarnovo. Today it captivates with its incredible architecture and at the time was the main Bulgarian fortress during the Second Bulgarian Kingdom (1185-1393). During the Middle Ages, the hill is entirely built with residential and administrative buildings.