The Early Byzantine basilica which was discovered recently in the city of Veliko Tarnovo in Northern Bulgaria may prove the key to the exploration of what was an unknown but major Byzantine city, and ...

Ruins near the village show it was an important town during the Second Bulgarian Empire, which ruled from 1185 until the empire was completely conquered by the Ottomans in 1396. Three other gold ...

the historic capital of the Second Bulgarian Empire, stand out. The official language is Bulgarian, written in the Cyrillic ...

Ahead of the 830th anniversary of the founding of the Second Bulgarian Empire, the northern Bulgarian city of Veliko Tarnovo has opened for visitors and planned special events the restored St. Dimitar ...

It is situated in Veliko Tarnovo, a city in the central part of northern Bulgaria which served as the capital of the Second Bulgarian Empire (1185 – 1396) and the home of the Bulgarian Tsars ...

The czar ruled as emperor of the Second Bulgarian Empire from 1331 to 1371. After its foundation in 1885, the empire became the dominant power in the Balkans region until around the mid-13th century.

By this time the Ottoman Turks had already subdued much of the Second Bulgarian Empire south of the Danube River and the Byzantine Empire—a conquest that culminated in the Fall of Constantinople ...

1018-1185 - Bulgaria comes under Byzantine rule. 1185-1396 - Second Bulgarian Empire. A dominant power in the Balkans, defeating the Byzantine Empire in several major battles, it reaches its peak ...