News September, 2009

2009/09/17

Nikolay Grozev, mayor of the southeastern Bulgarian town of Nova Zagora, insists before the Ministry of Culture that the unique Karanovo tell (burial mound) should be open for tourists.
The idea aims at turning the archaeological site into a cultural tourism center. The Karanovo tell is the biggest of the kind in Europe.
It consists of seven archaeological layers formed over the centuries. The oldest of them dates back from 7000 BC. At present, the unique find is accessible to researchers,...

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2009/09/17

A team led by Bulgarian archaeologist Prof. Nikolay Ovcharov has uncovered an enormous cult complex at the ancient Thracian city of Perperikon in the Rhodoppe Mountains.

The complex consists of at least 9 altars each 2 meters in diameter located on an area of 12 square km. They are dated back to about 1 500 BC thanks to objects discovered around them, which is about the time of Ancient Egypt and the civilization of Mycenae and Minoan Crete. This is the Late Bronze Age and the Early Iron...

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2009/09/17

“Velo Rally Uzana 2009” will take place during the holiday 19 – 22 September, in Uzana site nearby Gabrovo. The event is organized by Gabrovo municipality in cooperation with ykling club “Ispoin”, “Eco Society” foundation and the alliance for sustainable tourism in Uzana. The organizers plan it to become an annual event, allowing the main accents of the program to be changed, including different eco and tourism initiatives, competitions and entertainment activities.
This year the eco initiative...

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2009/09/17

On September 12 Bulgarian Institute for Standardization organizde a conference on the development of SPA & Wellness tourism in Bulgaria.

The event was held in Grand Hotel Pomorie and was supported by the Ministry og Economy, Energetic and Tourism.
The spa industry already holds a leading position in the entertainment sector around the world, as more and more people rediscover “SPA” as a lifestyle. The spa centers are transformed in laboratories, where visitors learn how to fight stress....

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2009/09/16

The Deputy Minister of Culture Mr. Todor Chobanov will open an exhibition “The golden chariot of the Tracians” in Mall of Sofia today. It will present a unique decoration of a Thracian chariot dating back from II century, which is one of a kind for the Roman Empire.

The exhibition will mark the start of the project “Restoration and conservation of the Thracian chariot from Karanovo village, Nova Zagora”, organized by OBB, Nova Zagora municipality and association “Culture project”, lead by Mr....

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