The Second Bulgarian Empire was a medieval Bulgarian state that existed between 1185 and 1396. A successor to the First Bulgarian Empire, it reached the peak of its power under Tsars Kaloyan and Ivan Asen II before gradually being conquered by the Ottomans in the early 15th century.
The Church of St Demetrius in Tarnovo, built by Asen and Peter in the beginning of the uprising
The Church of the Holy Forty Martyrs where Kaloyan was buried
Emperor Constantine Tikh and his first wife Irene, fresco from the Boyana Church
The fortress of Baba Vida in Vidin
Bulgarian is an Eastern South Slavic language spoken in Southeast Europe, primarily in Bulgaria. It is the language of the Bulgarians.
The Codex Zographensis is one of the oldest manuscripts in the Old Bulgarian language, dated from the late 10th or early 11th century