Macedonia: Archaeologists Discovered 80 Venetian Coins in Strumica
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The coins date to the end of the thirteenth and the beginning of the fourteenth centuries, the Dnevnik newspaper reported today. Initial information points to the fact that the Tsarevi Kuli Fortress near Strumica was marked by intensive life through the centuries.
The erstwhile population of the area, according to the publication, had trade relations with the Republic of Venice – Serenissima Repubblica di Venezia, especially after the fall of Constantinople in 1204 and the formation of the Latin kingdoms in the Byzantine Empire.
As BalkanTravellers.com reported in April, archaeologists’’ recent findings at the Tsarevi Kuli site included 4,300 medieval coins, dating to Komnenos dynasty from the second half of the twelfth century and the beginning of the thirteenth century, as well as several fourth-century-BC coins with the image of the father of Alexander the Great – Philip II of Macedon.
In addition to coins, the site until now has also yielded other important findings, as well as a pre-historic settlement, which testifies to the existence of life in the area for over seven millennia.
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A Perfect Shot
Koprivshtitsa Fair, Bulgara. Photographs by Neva Micheva
In Homo Urbanus Europeanus, exhibited May 9-24 in front of the National Theatre in Sofia, Jean-Marc Caracci presents his photographs of people in the urban environment of European capitals.
RED&WHITE SOFIA. On the 1st of March Bulgarians say goodbye to the winter. They buy each other red&white threads to carry around until they see a stork and spring can begin. Photography by Lode Desmet
BULGARIA D'OR: The Bulgarian countryside, patinated with the noble golden dust of the autumn. Photographs by Lode Desmet
360 degrees Bulgaria, an exhibition by photographer Alexandar Ivanov, is on display at the Sea Garden in Varna until August 28. It will be shown at Plovdiv’s Central Square from Sept 5.
The exhibition Photographs of a Trip Through Bulgaria by Hungarian photographer András Balla can be seen in Sofia's Hungarian Cultural Institute, at Aksakov 16 Street, until August 22
Instant Spring in Sofia | Photographs by Lode Desmet
Off-the-season Beauty of Bulgaria's Black Sea Coast | Photographs by Adelina Iliev
Bulgaria's Northern Black Sea Coast
Photographs by Albena Shkodrova
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