BULGARIA SOFIA CAPITAL OF BULGARIA IS SOFIA OFICIAL

BULGARIA

SOFIA CAPITAL OF BULGARIA IS SOFIA OFICIAL LANGUAGE IS BULGARIAN ARIA-110 879 KM POPULATION AROUND 7 400 000

VIDIN Residents of the city is 54, 218 people. In 2013 was built the second bridge on the river called "New Europe" (formerly known as the "Danube Bridge 2" or "Bridge Vidin Calafat"). Vidin is located along the Danube River in the northwest corner of Bulgaria. The city also has a large marina and ferry service to the Romanian town of Calafat Vidin is a city with ancient history.

In the northern part of the town is the fortress "Baba Vida Towers" or as "Baba Vida". The castle was built on the ruins of the ancient city Bononia. The construction of the medieval castle began in the second half of the tenth century, but during the Second Bulgarian Kingdom (late XII XIV century) There is a legend that Vida was the eldest daughter of a wealthy Bulgarian boyar. Because of the failed marriages of his sisters Tower and Gamza Vida rejected all offers of marriage, built a castle and remained there throughout his life.

City Kula is 35 km southwest of the town of Vidin. The remains of the ancient fortress "Castra Martis" located in the center of town Kula. During archaeological studies have shown that before the construction of the fort in the same slope on which it is located, there was a small Thracian settlement in which life began more in the first millennium BC and continued into the early centuries of the Roman Empire. The Belogradchin Rocks are spread over approximately 30 km in length, 3 to 5 km in width and up to 200 m in height. Most majestic cliffs surrounding Belogradchik: Madonna, the Horseman, the Monks, Student, Lion, Bear, Adam and Eve Zamakat. Belogradchik rocks were nominated for the new seven wonders of the world.

The cathedral "St. Dimitar" in Vidin is the second largest in Balgaria. The temple is a cultural monument of national importance. Vidin Synagogue is a historic second Jewish temple in Vidin. It is the second largest synagogue in the Balkans Mosque of Osman Pazvantoglu is massive stone building with a strong oriental architecture. The minaret is headed by a stylized top of the peak. Pazvantoglu dedicated it to his father, was slain in Vidin on the orders of the Sultan.

Ethnographic Museum “Krastata kazarma" Historical museum “Konaka" in Vidin was created as Archaeological Society in 1910. Exposure are present in prehistory, paleontology, archeology and ethnography.

Drama Theatre "Vida" is a two-storey building built in 1891. The building is located at the entrance of the Danube Park. Art Gallery "Nikola Petrov“ The building was constructed for military club. After appropriate renovations in 1963. it is an open art gallery. It bears the name of one of the great Bulgarian artist who was born in Vidin. It keeps about 1, 500 pieces worldwide. Located at the beginning of the Danube Park, next to the Municipal Theatre.

BULGARIAN NATIONAL FLAG The national flag of Bulgaria has a rectangular shape and consists of three colors: white, green and red, positioned horizontally top to bottom, as colored boxes are identical in shape and size. The white color stands for freedom, green - green forests and fields of Bulgaria and red - the blood of those who died for the freedom of Bulgaria heroes and victims.