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Shopi or Šopi is a regional term, used by a group of people in the Balkans. The areas traditionally inhabited by the Shopi or Šopi is called Shopluk or Šopluk, a mesoregion. Most of the region is loca
A Shop of Tran, Bulgaria, 1921
A Shopluk horo (round dance)
"Self-conscious, but happy. A newly engaged couple, Bulgaria", National Geographic, 1915
View of a cloud-covered Sofia Valley from Vitosha
Sofia
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Sofia is the capital and largest city of Bulgaria. It is situated in the Sofia Valley at the foot of the Vitosha mountain, in the western part of the country. The city is built west of the Iskar river
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…boundaries of the Shopluk in Bulgaria are a matter of debate, with the narrowest definition confining them only to the immediate surroundings of the City of Sofia, i.e., the Sofia Valley. The boundaries that are most commonly used overlap with the Bulgarian folklore and ethnographic regions and incorporate Central…
Panoramic view over central Sofia and the Vitosha Mountain 2017 10 08
Cathedral Saint Alexander Nevsky
Ivan Vazov National Theatre, Sofia
Independence square, Sofia