Shumen is the tenth-largest city in Bulgaria and the administrative and economic capital of Shumen Province.
Image: Shumen from above
Image: Шумен , България OKT 1993 Shumen, Bulgaria. Wartburg auto, Oct 1993 Flickr sludgegulper
Image: Grivitsa, Shumen, Bulgaria panoramio
Restored wall fragments and tower of the Shumen fortress, with ruins in the foreground.
Bulgaria, officially the Republic of Bulgaria, is a country in Southeast Europe. Located west of the Black Sea and south of the Danube river, Bulgaria is bordered by Greece and Turkey to the south, Serbia and North Macedonia to the west, and Romania to the north. It covers a territory of 110,994 square kilometres (42,855 sq mi) and is the 16th largest country in Europe. Sofia is the nation's capital and largest city; other major cities include Burgas, Plovdiv, and Varna.
Odrysian golden wreath in the National History Museum
Emperor Simeon I: The Morning Star of Slavonic Literature, The Slav Epic cycle by Alfons Mucha
The walls of Tsarevets fortress in Veliko Tarnovo, the capital of the second empire
The Battle of Nicopolis in 1396 marked the end of medieval Bulgarian statehood.