2. Festivals Stara Planina Fest BALKAN FOLK. National Championship of Folklore "Euro Folk". Festivals Stara Planina Fest BALKAN FOLK. National Championship of Folklore "Euro Folk". History Veliko Tarnovo is one of the oldest settlements in Bulgaria, having a history of more than 5 millennia, as the first traces of human presence dating from the 3rd millennium B.O.T are on Trapezitsa Hill. History Veliko Tarnovo is one of the oldest settlements in Bulgaria, having a history of more than 5 millennia, as the first traces of human presence dating from the 3rd millennium B.O.T are on Trapezitsa Hill. Liberated Bulgaria On 7 July 1877, Russian general Joseph Vladimirovich Gourko liberated Veliko Tarnovo, ending the 480- year-rule of the Ottoman Empire. In 1878, the Treaty of Berlin created a Principality of Bulgaria between the Danube and the Stara Planina range, with its seat at the old Bulgarian capital of Veliko Tarnovo. Liberated Bulgaria On 7 July 1877, Russian general Joseph Vladimirovich Gourko liberated Veliko Tarnovo, ending the 480- year-rule of the Ottoman Empire. In 1878, the Treaty of Berlin created a Principality of Bulgaria between the Danube and the Stara Planina range, with its seat at the old Bulgarian capital of Veliko Tarnovo.

3. And other sights: - Monastery Buynovtsi - Monastery Kapinovo - Monastery Kilifarevo - Svishtov (the ruins of the old city, tower, monastery, etc.) What you can see in Veliko: - Blessed Saviour fortress Tsarevets the Church - Museum Kashta Sarafkina - Archaeological Museum And out of Veliko: - Village Arbanassi the Nativity Church - Nicopolis ad Istrum - Ivanovo rock churches carved - City Cherven - Niagara Hotnitsa

5. Sound and light show at Veliko Tarnovo 3rd March: Bulgaria celebrates its liberation from Ottomans. At the evening of 2nd March, at Veliko Turnovo, the old capital of Bulgaria, a spectacular "sound and light" show takes place to honour the day Sound and light show at Veliko Tarnovo 3rd March: Bulgaria celebrates its liberation from Ottomans. At the evening of 2nd March, at Veliko Turnovo, the old capital of Bulgaria, a spectacular "sound and light" show takes place to honour the day

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