Banya Bashi Mosque & Sveta Petka Church

In the background is the only currently functioning mosque in Sofia, a remnant from Ottoman times; in the foreground is the Sveta Petka Church which is partly underground as during Ottoman times, churches could not be taller than mosques.

Surprising Sofia

September 1st 2016
It seems that all roads lead through Skopje and I made my way back there for a third time to get a bus to Sofia. Thanks to the political situation around borders, there is no direct bus from Pristina to Sofia as you would have to go through Serbia. At the bus station in Pristina, I met Eric, an American going the same way. Once we got to Skopje, we then met Frenchman Pierre, who was at the same h ... 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

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