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REGION
SHOUMEN
• Area Shoumen
• Veliki Preslav
• Madara
• Pliska |
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SHOUMEN
Location and transport accessibility:
Municipality of Shoumen is located in the central part
of Northeastern Bulgaria. It is situated on a main
transport crossroad. The northern railway line from
Sofia to Varna and the connecting line with Southern
part of the country cross the town. The total length of
railway lines is 30.16km, all of them are electrified.
The international road Rouse – Shoumen – Varna, Sofia –
Targovishte – Belokopitovo and Silistra – Shoumen –
Yambol pass along the territory of Shoumen area. After
the reconstruction and modernization of Sofia – Varna
highway “Hemus” – 23km of it will cross the
municipality.
The town of Shoumen is mostly connected with the old
Bulgarian capitals – Pliska and Veliki Preslav.
Two kilometers away from the town of Pliska are the
remains of the imposing construction of Pliska –the
first capital of Dunabian Bulgariain. 681 is the year of
its foundation by Khan Asparouh. It existed till 893 –
894 when the capital was moved to Preslav by Tsar Simeon
I the Great.
There is a rich archeological museum near the excavation
(+359 5323/22 71)
The imposing ruins of the second capital of Danubian
Bulgaria are to be found 2km south of the nowadays town
of Veliki Preslav. Veliki Preslav was the capital of the
Bulgaria kingdom from 893 till 969 in the epoch of its
supreme might and boom of the old Bulgarian culture. It
sprung up in the first half of 9 th century during the
reign of Khan Omurtag (814 – 831) as a military camp
with a fortified palace and garrison. Tsar Simeon (893 –
927) proclaimed it capital (thus moving it from Pliska).
It was established as an administrative, cult –
religious and cultural center of the medieval Bulgarian
state, renowned for its remarkable monumental
construction work, the achievements of applied arts, the
painted ceramics, the famous literary school. Preslav is
pure Bulgarian name coming from “preslavun” (famous,
most glorious), and the name Veliki was added when the
capital turned into really huge and representative town
for its time. The old Bulgarian capital occupied a
territory of 3.5 sq. km. Tsar Simeon made Preslav the
most majestic town in the whole of south – east Europe.
The most talented Bulgarian men of letters of the time
worked there – Yoan Ekzarh, Chernorizets Hrabar,
Konstantin Preslavski, Prezvuter Kozma.
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