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185th anniversary of the birth of Vasil Levski
Today Bulgaria marks the 185th birth anniversary of Vasil Levski, ideologist and organizer of the national-liberation struggles of the Bulgarian nation against the Ottoman yoke. The Apostle of Freedom as Levski is also known is rightfully acknowledged as the greatest man in Bulgarian history. He has taught us that human dignity matters most; that everyone wants to be free and be a man proper.

Spring in Sofia! It’s the perfect time to visit the Bulgarian capital.

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▪ Trifon Zarezan - the holiday of the wine-growers, inn-keepers and gardeners
On February 14, Bulgarians celebrate Saint Trifon the Pruner, the patron saint of vine-growers and wine-producers whose pruning shears are the symbol of wine and fertility in Bulgaria. The old custom dictates that a bread and a hen filled with rice and bulgur is prepared. The men of the village then take food and a jar of wine and go to the vineyard. There they perform a fertility rite for the land which includes taking a few branches and pouring wine in the ground. This ritual is called Zarezvane, where the name Zarezan comes from.

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Full of beauty, gaiety, mystical voices, fiery dances, brightly colored costumes and delicious cuisine, Bulgaria has to be seen, felt and experienced!
▪ Traditional Costumes

Bulgaria Celebrates Christmas
Christmas Spirit in Varna

Bulgaria Celebrates Christmas
Christmas Spirit in Kazanlak

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▪ Perperek, Rhodope Montain
Perperek - a holy place inhabited 8,000 year ago! In ancient times the temple of Dionysus was here, the fame of which is comparable to Apollo's in Delphi! It was here that Alexander the Geat received this prophecy that he would conquer the world and that Rome would become an empire!
Perperѐk is an early historical, ancient and medieval Bulgarian stone complex in the Eastern Rhodopes, consisting of a large megalithic sanctuary from the VI - V millennium BC, monuments from antiquity and a medieval fortress. Among the Thracians, Perperek was a sacred rock city, capital and fortress with a royal palace. Later Romans, Goths, Romans and Bulgarians lived here. Perperek has been declared a monument of immovable cultural heritage of national importance since 1968.

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▪ Chiprovtsi carpet motifs

In the period August 25 to 29th in Koprivshtitsa "Master of Art" transforms into Festival of Arts. It will unite in a unique way the past of the city and modern culture.
The sixth edition of the International Documentary Film Festival "Master of Art" will be held in 6 Bulgarian cities - Sofia, Plovdiv, Varna, Stara Zagora, Byala and Koprivshtitsa. Expanding the audience opens a new page in the history of the festival.

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▪ Ancient Plovdiv, UNESCO Tentative List

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▪ Kalofer Lace Festival
Each year around August, 15th - Virgin Mary's Day, a Lace Festival takes place in Kalofer. The forum offers opportunities for performance not ony for Bulgarian participants but for foreigners as well. The program includes a variety of expositins, bazaars, fashion shows and seminars and the accompanying music and theater performances turn the Festival into one of the most significant events in the region.

Ruins of the late antique basilica of the Holy Mother of God, known today as the Red Church of Perushtitsa
The Red Church is a large, partially preserved late Roman Christian basilica of Byzantine architecture, built in the IV or at the latest until the beginning of the VI century during the reign of Emperor Anastasius I. The Red Church is certainly one of the oldest churches in Europe. Immediately after the convening of the Ecumenical Council in Serdica in 343, the construction of cult buildings began throughout Thrace, among which there were those designed to preserve the memory of the martyrs who died for the establishment of Christianity. The temple was dedicated to the Holy Mother of God. The "Red Church" got its name because of the typical Roman bricks and pink mortar from which it was built. the church stands near the town of Perushtitsa in western Plovdiv Province, some 15 kilometres southwest of the city of Plovdiv.

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▪ Belintash, Rhodope Montain
Belintash is a rock in the shape of a small plateau in the Rhodopes, bearing traces of human activity. It is believed that this is a cult site dating from the Eneolithic, which was used for ritual purposes by the tribes inhabiting the area, and its very nature and purpose are not yet fully understood. The supposed connection with the Eneolithic cult complex near the village of Dolnoslav defines Belintash as a sanctuary of 7000 years, which makes it one of the oldest in Europe.

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▪ Koprivshtitsa Architectural and Historical Reserve – feel a town sheltered in the heart of all Bulgarians

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Enjoy opera and ballet art in the open air!
The Belogradchik Rocks Оpera of the Peaks Festival July'2021
The 4th edition of the festival opens with “Swan Lake”. The ballet programme continues with the tragic love story “La Dame aux camélias” and “Carmina Burana” – the latest production of the National Ballet! The programme also features Verdi’s masterpiece ‘‘Il trovatore” and the opera programme continues with “Carmen” and “Turandot”, some of the most successful performances of the Sofia Opera.

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Get to know romantic Old Nessebar - one of the oldest towns in Europe.

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▪ The Borovo Treasure (dated to the first half of the fourth century BC)
The treasure from Borovo was found in 1974. It consists of a splendid table set of five silver-and-gilt utensils: three rhyta, shaped at the base in the form of half-figures: of a horse, a bull, and a sphinx; a big bowl with two handles, and a rhyton jug with images of deities enjoying a feast, scenes from the mythological cycles with Dionysus and Heracles, sphinxes, satyrs and griffons.

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▪ Bansko

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▪ 14th Edition (“Kids wished for”) of the Bourgas Annual Sand Sculptures Festival

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▪ Kazanlak House

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▪ Zlatograd, Church of St George

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▪ 'Kazankite' waterfalls, Sakar Montain

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▪ The Gate of the Goddess, a megalith formation above the village of Buzovgrad

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▪ Mosaic, Varna Archaeological Museum