7 Facts about Bulgaria
Did you know Bulgaria hasn’t changed its name since 681 AD? Or that Bulgarians express approval by shaking their heads rather than nodding?
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In this brief video you can find seven little known facts about Bulgaria.
The country is famous for its rose perfumes and delicious yoghurts. Where is Bulgaria?
It’s on the northern edge of the
Balkan Pensinsula. The
Golden Sands resort on the
Black Sea shore is a popular destination, so are the mountainous regions, making holidays in Bulgaria very attractive and cheap.
More information about the video content bellow:
1.
Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria, was founded
7000 years ago. This makes it the second oldest city in
Europe. Sofia is the only big city in Europe that lies just
15 minutes away from an imposing mountain –
Vitosha.
2.
Nearly one third of Bulgaria is covered in forests and this shouldn’t be too surprising given the fact that there are over 40 mountains on its territory. Needless to say,
Bulgarian skiing and mountaineering are top choises for any tourist.
3. Bulgarians were the first people to use the
Cyrillic alphabet after its inception in the
9th century. The Cyrillic alphabet is derived from the
Greek uncial script, augmented by letters from the older
Glagolitic (slavonic) alphabet. The script is named in honor of the two
Byzantine brothers,
Saints Cyril and Methodius, who created the
Glagolitic alphabet earlier on.
4. After the collapse of a
Roman bridge in the
4th Century there was no crossing of the
Danube river between
Romania and Bulgaria for 1,600 years, until in
1954 the new
Friendship Bridge was opened.
The Danube river covers almost 90% of the border between the 2 countries.
5. The city of
Plovdiv in Bulgaria (or пловдив in
Cyrillic) is Europe’s Oldest
Inhabited City, even older than
Athens. Plovdiv's history spans 6,
000 years, with traces of a Neolithic settlement dating to roughly
4000 BC, ranking it among the world's oldest cities.
6. "
Name Days" are celebrated in addition to birthdays in Bulgaria. As a matter of fact, most Bulgarians value their ‘Name Day’ more than their birthday. A Name Day, or "
Saints Day" is celebrated by people named after a particular
Saint.
7. The only nations in the world that use the bagpipe as a national instrument are
Scotland,
Ireland and Bulgaria. The bagpipe was prevalent in the
Eastern Roman Empire, ancient geographers citing the salandj (bagpipe) as a typical Byzantine instrument. Known in
Byzantine Greek as the Dankiyo, it continued to be played throughout the empire's former realms to the present. Bulgarian Gaida,
Greek Tsampouna,
Cretan Askomandoura,
Romanian Cimpoi.)
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