Buzludzha Monument

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A Fond Farewell and 'Blagodarya!' to Bulgaria

September 27th 2019
How time flies when you're having fun! Our time in Bulgaria was quickly drawing to a close. The previous day was our last full day in Plovdiv and the greater part of it was spent exploring Asen's Fortress and Bachkovo Monastery in the Rhodope Mountains. This was followed by a few final hours in Plovdiv's Old Town where we had lunch, and bought & mailed postcards before returning to the hotel. W ... read more

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The Bulgars, a Central Asian Turkic tribe, merged with the local Slavic inhabitants in the late 7th century to form the first Bulgarian state. In succeeding centuries, Bulgaria struggled with the Byzantine Empire to assert its place in the Balkans, b... ... read more

9th October 2019

D MJ Binkley
Dave and Merry Jo Binkley

Amazing architecture
This is a part of the world we have yet to explore and would love to do so.

23rd October 2019

starship VT
starship - VT

Amazing architecture
Hello Dave & Merry Jo, thanks for your visit to my blog. Sorry for this late response to your comment as we are just back in the country. Bulgaria's architecture and monasteries were a great surprise and so different from other countries we've visited in Europe. The trip was definitely an eye-opener!! Hope you will visit Bulgaria some time in the future!

23rd November 2020

Ake Och Emma
Ake Dahllof and Emma Holmbro

We saw that for real
We went to the Buzludzha Monument and saw it IRL. It was cool but the journey there and the environment was better than the actual monument. It is in a terrible state and is basically a ruin today. /Ake

24th November 2020

We saw that for real
Thanks for reading my blog, Ake Och Emma! In a way it''s a shame that Buzludzha was not maintained for its architectural attributes, but I can understand why the Bulgarians had no interest in it at the time. I believe I read that now there is some interest in restoring it with funding coming from outside of the country. I know that none of my friends who visited it were allowed to enter because it was so dangerous.

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