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Post by rusebg on Dec 11, 2009 3:34:26 GMT -5
British archaeologists have proclaimed the second-largest city in Bulgaria, Plovdiv, to be the sixth oldest city in the world. Plovdiv shares the sixth spot in the ranking, compiled by the British The Daily Telegraph, together with Faiyum in Egypt and Sidon in Lebanon. The article points out that the earliest inhabitation in Plovdiv dates back to 4,000 BC. The city was originally a Tracian settlement before becoming a major Roman city. It later fell into Byzantine and Ottoman hands, before becoming part of Bulgaria. "The city is a major cultural centre and boasts many ancient remains, including a Roman amphitheatre and aqueduct, and Ottoman baths," the Daily Telegraph points out. The article cites the Roman writer Lucian saying:"This is the biggest and loveliest of all cities. Its beauty shines from faraway." The ranking is topped by the city of Jericho, located in Palestine, which was founded in 9000 BC. In ancient times it was surrounded by stone wall and it lived between 1000 and 1500 residents. The town is located near the Jordan River in the West Bank and its population is currently around 20 000 people. The leader is followed by the city of Byblos, founded in 5000 BC in Lebanon and Aleppo, which share the third place with Damascus, Syria. www.novinite.com/view_news.php?id=110944
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Post by hellboy87 on Dec 11, 2009 19:52:31 GMT -5
pictures! Want pictures!
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Post by ioan on Dec 14, 2009 13:46:07 GMT -5
it is an amazing city
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Post by tyson on Dec 15, 2009 6:28:01 GMT -5
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Post by tyson on Dec 15, 2009 6:45:50 GMT -5
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Post by tyson on Dec 15, 2009 6:53:07 GMT -5
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Post by todhrimencuri on Dec 15, 2009 20:38:41 GMT -5
Looks beautiful... Tyson... can u shrink some of those pics? They are unbearably large.
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Post by Patrinos on Dec 16, 2009 8:41:54 GMT -5
Nice city... maybe the most important byzantine hinterland city, Philippoupolis... Greeks know where to settle... In a way its pitty that we did these population exchanges...
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Post by hellboy87 on Dec 17, 2009 4:52:17 GMT -5
zenk you ty!
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Post by ivo on Jan 3, 2010 13:20:36 GMT -5
This be my home city
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Post by hellboy87 on Feb 24, 2010 1:32:21 GMT -5
I just looked at the article of Plovdiv on Wiki and again,I'm just impressed by the city from reading about it and its beauty from looking at the pictures!!!!
It looks so nice.I would love to visit.It will be nice to take lots of walks there.
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Post by Kastorianos on Feb 24, 2010 8:36:32 GMT -5
Very beautiful. Some pics remind me a lot of Kastoria.
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Post by chalkedon on Feb 24, 2010 10:02:11 GMT -5
yes..those picture look very nice. Does anybody have pictures of black sea resorts ? How is the water there ? Can you see to the bottom ? Or is there a reason why they call it the black sea ? ;D
anyway, i heard good resorts out there. Just curious....
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Post by MiG on Feb 25, 2010 14:18:55 GMT -5
It looks very beautiful. Hopefully I go there one day. I've been to Sofia, but that's about most of Bulgaria I've seen.
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Post by ivo on Feb 25, 2010 14:29:43 GMT -5
It ain't too far from Sofia, next time you are there you should give it a go.
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Post by MiG on Feb 25, 2010 15:23:40 GMT -5
I definitely should. From my experience, Bulgarians are a great bunch of people. Hospitable, Polite, and always offer assistance. We stopped to take a break alongside a road last year, and the 4 cars that passed by those 15 minutes (This was on our way back into Serbia) all 4 stopped to see if we needed some sort of help haha. I thought it was awesome, just like back home.
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Post by rusebg on Feb 25, 2010 16:54:39 GMT -5
Depends. It is not as clear as the the Mediterranean but is not as salty either. And the beaches have much finer sand. The name comes from the big number of shipwrecks and dead sailors in ancient times.
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Post by Rhezus on Feb 25, 2010 17:12:13 GMT -5
This city is a lot more charming than Sofia. I like it.
MiG, feel free to explore the beautiful places of BG. I've been in Croatia a couple of times. The ppl I've met there were also kind and friendly.
Patrinos the old name of Plovdiv was Pulpudeva - purely Thracian, a Neolithic settlement dating to 4000 BC. Late in Roman times the town became a major Roman city. Slavs liked it and called it Paldin, the Romas liked it and called it Eumolpia, Filip the Makedonian came, liked it too and named it Filipopolis, Turks came, liked it and named it Filibe.. But the town was never ever greek! There isn't any single town founded by greeks in Thracia nor in Bulgaria! Those few greeks who settled were nothing else than colonist, with trading purposes. Pls, stop poluting the history!
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Post by Patrinos on Feb 25, 2010 17:20:28 GMT -5
Those few greeks who settled were nothing else than colonist... and bulgarians are? what a coincidence... a Greek colony back then in 350's and with a strong Hellenism during the medieval ages till 90 years ago... Did you know that during the Byzantine period tens of thousands of armenosyrians pavlikians were transfered around Philippoupolis...?...probably were the ancestors of the ex bogomils local bulgarians of today...
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Post by rusebg on Feb 25, 2010 17:27:01 GMT -5
pUlpudeva, you thracian wanna-be.
I am not sure what you are trying to say but there is no connection between Bogomils and armenosyrians or whatever.
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