World Index : Europe/Eastern_Europe/Bulgaria/Veliko_Turnovo/Veliko_Turnovo
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- One of the most picturesque Bulgarian towns, standing in tiers above Yantra River which meanders through the elevations of Turnovo and the three hills - Tsarevets, Trapezitsa and Sveta Gora, 241 km north-east of Sofia. Known under the name of Tsarevgrad Turnov (i.e. King's Town) and Turnovgrad. In the town and its outskirts traces have been uncovered of life dating back to the late Palaeolithic, Neolithic, Chalcolithic, the Bronze and the Iron Ages.
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- Veliko Tarnovo - picture gallery
- Veliko Tarnovo has been a city before the establishment of Bulgaria as an independent country, back in the year of 681. It has been reinforced by the Roman empire as a strategic city in it's periphery. It has a very long history. In more recent times, after the liberation of Bulgaria from the Ottoman empire, the first Bulgarian constitution, called The constitution of Tarnovo, has been accepted and the independence of Bulgaria proclaimed in the city of Veliko Tarnovo.
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