The Brotherly Mound memorial complex in Plovdiv to open doors as a Thracian Pantheon and a center of monumental art – that was the suggestion, made before the Plovdiv 2019 foundation by Dimitar Pampoulov, a famous public figure of the city. The spot is emblematic for Plovdiv, which has been preparing for its 2019 European Capital of Culture role. The monument has been closed in the course of almost 28 years. Prior to the 1989 fall of communism newly married couples had to lay flowers there and inside one could see stone and bronze-made sculptures. Many of the latter have now been stolen. Architect Lyubomir Shinkov has also been insisting on the monument’s restoration, as the project is his. The will of Shinkov and the rest of his 1974 team is the initial idea to be implemented, i.e. the memorial to recreate Bulgaria’s heroic struggle against the Ottoman rule, the Shipka Peak epopee and WWII, but not only the gorilla movement.
Pipes from the end of the 17 th , the 18 th and the 19 th century and the tradition of growing tobacco in Bulgaria are presented in the newest exposition at the Museum of Archaeology in Burgas. “Pipes like this are to be found often on the..
In Bulgaria, when we talk about a person with bad luck, we often say: "Ah, what a Marko Totev!" But who exactly was Marko Totev, and how did his name become a byword for a person with ill fortune and a bad luck? "He was a Bulgarian public figure..
30 March marks the end of the most blessed time of the year, as Muslims call the month of Ramadan. This year it started on 1 March, and the most important obligation Muslims have during this 30-day period is to refrain from food, drink and temptation..
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