Buzludzha Monument

In the middle of nowhere, high up on a mountain top there is this really big round building, looking very much like a UFO, with a high concrete tower next to it.

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Bulgaria 2017 part V - Monuments: Size does matter

August 9th 2017
Monuments - from supersized to ordinary size When we travelled in Bulgaria we noticed that they have many monuments. Actually some of their monuments are pretty difficult to avoid to notice simply because they are so darned large. Here in our last blog entry from Bulgaria we are going to write about the Bulgarian monuments. Buzludzha Monument - This monument is buil ... read more

Europe » Bulgaria » Shumen Province

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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