Lyaskovets (Bulgarian: Лясковец) is a town in central northern Bulgaria, located in Veliko Tarnovo Province, 10 km northeast of Veliko Tarnovo, 2 km southeast of Gorna Oryahovitsa and 5 km south of the Yantra River, north of the Balkan Mountains. Its name comes from the word leska ('hazel') or leshnik ('hazelnut'), because the tree was abundant in the area.
Population: 8,488
Latitude: 43° 06' 40.00" N
Longitude: 25° 43' 41.99" E
Arbanasi (Bulgarian: Арбанаси, also transliterated as Arbanassi) is a village in Veliko Tarnovo Municipality, Veliko Tarnovo Province of central northern Bulgaria, set on a high plateau between the larger towns of Veliko Tarnovo (four kilometres awa…
Nicopolis ad Istrum (Greek: Νικόπολις ἡ πρὸς Ἴστρον) or Nicopolis ad Iatrum was a Roman and Early Byzantine town founded by Emperor Trajan around 101–106, at the junction of the Iatrus (Yantra) and the Rositsa rivers, in memory of his victory over t…
Tsarevets may refer to the following places in Bulgaria:
The Holy Forty Martyrs Church (Bulgarian: църква "Св. Четиридесет мъченици", tsarkva "Sv. Chetirideset machenitsi") is a medieval Eastern Orthodox church constructed in 1230 in the town of Veliko Tarnovo in Bulgaria, the former capital of the Second…
The St. Cyril and St. Methodius University of Veliko Tarnovo (Bulgarian Великотърновски университет „Св. св. Кирил и Методий“) is a Bulgarian university based in the city of Veliko Tarnovo.
The town of Dryanovo (Дряново) is situated at the northern foot of the Balkan Mountains in Gabrovo Province, Bulgaria, amphitheatrically along the two banks of Dryanovo River, a tributary to the Yantra River. The town is a centre of the homonymous D…
Gorna Oryahovitsa Airport (IATA: GOZ, ICAO: LBGO) is international airport near Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria. It is used predominately for cargo, as the last regular passenger flights to Sofia were abolished in the end of the last decade.
Zlataritsa (Bulgarian: Златарица) is a small town situated in the central northern part of Bulgaria, located in Veliko Tarnovo Province and close to the towns of Elena, Rodina, Lyaskovets, Strazhitsa and Antonovo. The city is the administrative cent…
The Vasil Levski National Military University (Bulgarian: Национален военен университет "Васил Левски", Natsionalen voenen universitet "Vasil Levski") is Bulgaria's national military academy.
The Transfiguration Monastery (Bulgarian: Преображенски манастир, Preobrazhenski manastir) or the Monastery of the Holy Transfiguration of God (манастир "Свето Преображение Господне", manastir "Sveto Preobrazhenie Gospodne") is an Eastern Orthodox m…
Strazhitsa (Bulgarian: Стражица, pronounced [ˈstraʒit͡sə]; also transliterated Stražica, Strazhica, Strazhitza, etc.) is a town in northeastern Bulgaria, part of Veliko Tarnovo Province. It is the administrative centre of the homonymous Strazhitsa M…
The Church of St Demetrius of Thessaloniki (Bulgarian: църква "Св. Димитър Солунски", tsarkva "Sv. Dimitar Solunski") is a medieval Bulgarian Orthodox church in the city of Veliko Tarnovo in central northern Bulgaria, the former capital of the Secon…
Zaya (Bulgarian: Зая) is a village in Dryanovo Municipality, in Gabrovo Province, in northern central Bulgaria.
Genya is a village in Dryanovo Municipality, in Gabrovo Province, in northern central Bulgaria.
The Battle of Elena was battle of the Russo-Turkish War of 1877–1878. It was fought between the Ottoman Empire and Imperial Russia in 1877. The Ottoman forces were commanded by Deli Fuat Pasha.
Severen Tsentralen Planning Region (Bulgarian: Северен централен район за планиране) is a planning region of Bulgaria, encompassing five Bulgarian provinces: Ruse, Veliko Tarnovo, Gabrovo, Targovishte and Razgrad.
Resen (Bulgarian: Peceн) is a large village in Veliko Tarnovo Municipality, Bulgaria, located about 20 kilometers north of the university town of Veliko Tarnovo, just south of the River Rositsa.
Stadium Ivaylo is a multi-purpose stadium in Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of FC Etar Veliko Tarnovo.