Title:
VELIKO TURNOVO – THE INCREDIBLE TOWN – XXI CENTURY
Album
Hard cover
Pages: 64
Proof reader: Lyuben Bosilkov
Texts: Plamen Pavlov - historical part, Lyuben Bosilkov - contemporary part
Design: Vanya Panajotova
Photographers: Violeta Chamurkova, Tencho Petkov, Damian Bumbalov, Najden Najdenov, Ivan Solnikov and archive photographs from the Historical museum - Veliko Turnovo
Format: 60/90/8
With parallel translation in English
ISBN: 954-90992-1-0
It is impossible to talk and write about Veliko Turnovo impartially...
This town makes us spiritually rich people. Bulgarian people used to feel reverence for its spiritual values and will continue to stand in awe. It is the capital of Assens and Shishmanovs Czars during the second Bulgarian Kingdom, which stands in all its glory – a full-fledged image linked with its medieval fortresses, beauties, riches, dignified deeds of its people, its tragedy and the charm of its example. In the past Turnovo is the “Czar’s town of Bulgarians”, “The Great Veliko Turnovo Town”, “The Glorious town”, “The second Tzarigrad”. Today every Bulgarian accepts it in the same way, probably forever.
In fact each stone in Veliko Turnovo, is a history. But Veliko Turnovo citizens live with the modernity pulse of their town. Nowadays it is an objective Veliko Turnovo to bi transformed gradually into European Town in each area, by means of establishing investment climate, new projects implementation; business plans, infrastructure projects. Veliko Turnovo became the first town from Central and Eastern Europe, which received the Special Distinction of the European Union for Central and Eastern European Sustainable City. It is considered as a remarkable historical, cultural and tourist center, due to its rich cultural heritage.
The terraces |
The house with the monkey |
The church “St. St. Peter and Pavel” |
“Landscape” |
“Life’s Wheel” |
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