Cherven (fortress)
The stronghold of Cherven (Bulgarian: Червен, "red") was one of the Second Bulgarian Empire's primary military, administrative, economic and cultural centres between the 12th and the 14th century.
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Opaka (Bulgarian: Опака) is a town in Targovishte Province in northeast Bulgaria. As of December 2009, the town had a population of 2,873 and covers an area of 57 km². It is 70 km south of the city of Rousse on the border with Romania and 250 km northeast of the Bulgarian capital, Sofia. Archeologists have found evidence of Thracian, Roman and Slavonic settlements in the area. Near the village of Krepcha, a stone monastery is the site of the oldest known Old Bulgarian Cyrillic inscription, dated from around 920 CE.
Population: 3,002
Latitude: 43° 27' 0.00" N
Longitude: 26° 10' 0.01" E
Articles of interest in Opaka
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Opaka (Bulgarian: Опака) is a town in Targovishte Province in northeast Bulgaria. As of December 2009, the town had a population of 2,873 and covers an area of 57 km². It is 70 km south of the city of Rousse on the border with Romania and 250 km nor…
Tsar Kaloyan, Razgrad Province
Tsar Kaloyan (Bulgarian: Цар Калоян) is a town in northeastern Bulgaria, situated in Razgrad Province near the town of Razgrad. It is the administrative centre of the homonymous Tsar Kaloyan Municipality. As of December 2009, the town has a populati…
Slavyanovo, Targovishte Province
Slavyanovo (Bulgarian: Славяново) is a village in northeastern Bulgaria, located in Popovo Municipality of the Targovishte Province.
Ezerche
Ezerche (Bulgarian: Езерче) is a village in northeastern Bulgaria, part of Tsar Kaloyan Municipality, Razgrad Province. It has a population of about 2,000. The village is around 261 km (162 mi) from the capital of Sofia.
Cherven, Ruse Province
Cherven (Bulgarian: Червен) is a village in northeastern Bulgaria in the Ruse Province. Cherven is situated in the municipality of Ivanovo. As of 2005 the village had 302 inhabitants.
Popovo, Bulgaria
Popovo (Bulgarian: Попово, from поп, pop, meaning "priest", and the placename suffix -ovo, literally "the priest's village") is a town in northeastern Bulgaria, part of Targovishte Province. It is the administrative centre of the homonymous Popovo M…