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Bulgaria

65 lugares · 244 museos

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Welcome to Bulgaria

Thracian gold, painted monasteries, the Cyrillic alphabet and the Black Sea.

Bulgaria lies between the Danube and the Black Sea, a land of mountains, roses and old towns. Thracian kings left gold and painted tombs, and the schools of medieval Bulgaria spread the Cyrillic alphabet now used by some 250 million people. See the oldest worked gold in the world in Varna, the frescoes of Boyana and the treasures of the National Historical Museum. Plan your museum days on museumtickets.com, then eat a shopska salad and banitsa. And remember: here a nod means no, and a shake of the head means yes.

  • c. 4500 BCthe Varna gold, the oldest worked gold found in the world
  • 681the first Bulgarian state is founded
  • 1878Bulgaria is freed from Ottoman rule
  • 2007Bulgaria joins the European Union, and Cyrillic becomes an official EU alphabet

Bulgaria through the ages

Thracians, tsars, a long Ottoman rule and liberation.

  1. c. 4500 BC

    Varna gold

    People near Varna bury their leaders with gold, the oldest worked gold known.

    Para verlo: Varna Archaeological Museum →
  2. 4th c. BC

    Thracian kings

    Thracian rulers build painted tombs in the Valley of the Kings near Kazanlak.

    Para verlo: Kazanlak Historical Museum
  3. c. 893

    The alphabet

    Disciples of Cyril and Methodius create the Cyrillic alphabet in the Bulgarian schools of Preslav and Ohrid.

    Para verlo: National Archaeological Institute with Museum
  4. 1396

    Ottoman rule

    Bulgaria falls to the Ottoman Empire for almost five centuries.

    Para verlo: National Historical Museum
  5. 1876

    The April Uprising

    Bulgarians rise against Ottoman rule; the uprising is crushed.

    Para verlo: Koprivshtitsa House Museums
  6. 1878

    Liberation

    After the Russo-Turkish War, a Bulgarian state is restored.

    Para verlo: National Historical Museum

Women who shaped Bulgaria

A flag-maker of the uprising and two great poets.

Raina Knyaginya

A teacher who sewed the flag of the April Uprising in 1876 and was imprisoned for it.

Para verlo: Raina Knyaginya House Museum
Elisaveta Bagryana

One of the great Bulgarian poets of the 20th century, writing about freedom and the sea.

Blaga Dimitrova

Poet and dissident who became vice-president of Bulgaria in 1992.

Artists to look for in Bulgaria

From a medieval master to an artist who wrapped buildings.

The Boyana Master

Unknown painter of the lifelike frescoes of Boyana Church in 1259.

Zahari Zograf

19th-century icon painter of the bright frescoes of Rila and Bachkovo monasteries.

Vladimir Dimitrov – Maistora

Painter of glowing peasant women and harvests.

Christo

Born in Gabrovo, he and Jeanne-Claude wrapped the Reichstag and the Pont Neuf in fabric.

Taste Bulgaria

Yoghurt, white cheese and flaky pastry.

Shopska salad

Tomatoes, cucumbers, peppers and onion under a snow of grated white cheese.

Banitsa

Flaky filo pastry with eggs and white cheese, eaten for breakfast.

Tarator

Cold soup of yoghurt, cucumber, dill, garlic and walnuts.

Kiselo mlyako

Bulgarian yoghurt, thick and sour.

Lyutenitsa

A spread of roasted peppers and tomatoes, made at home in autumn.

Traditions and festivals through the year

Kukeri masks, Baba Marta, fire dancers and roses.

Kukeri – late winter

Men in huge furry costumes and bells dance to chase away evil spirits; the Surova festival is on the UNESCO list.

Baba Marta – 1 March

People give each other martenitsi, red and white threads, and tie them to a blossoming tree when they see a stork.

Day of the alphabet – 24 May

Bulgaria celebrates the Cyrillic alphabet and Bulgarian culture.

Rose Festival – early summer

In Kazanlak, the Valley of Roses celebrates the rose harvest with parades.

Nestinarstvo – early summer

In a few villages of the Strandzha mountains, people dance barefoot on embers; UNESCO lists the custom.

Historia oculta

A bacterium named after Bulgaria

The bacterium that makes yoghurt carries Bulgaria's name.

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In 1905 the young Bulgarian scientist Stamen Grigorov, working in Geneva, discovered under his microscope the bacterium that turns milk into yoghurt. It was named Lactobacillus bulgaricus. Bulgarian yoghurt became famous around the world, and there is a small yoghurt museum in Grigorov's home village of Studen Izvor.

Consejos para amantes del arte

Yes and no

A nod means no and a shake of the head means yes; check with words if in doubt.

Cyrillic

Signs are in Cyrillic; many in cities are also in Latin letters.

Monasteries

Dress modestly; shoulders and knees covered.

Closed days

Many museums close on Mondays, some also on Sundays in winter.

Bulgaria: planifica tu visita con museumtickets.com

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Cómo llegar

Cómo llegar a Bulgaria

Del aeropuerto al centro en transporte público, y luego los trenes y las líneas locales hasta los museos.

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