User:TodorBozhinov/Architecture of Bulgaria

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The architecture of Bulgaria has been continuously shaped since the 8th-6th millennium BC, when the first organized settlements emerged.

Remarkable works of Thracians, Romans and Greeks survive from antiquity, while the Middle Ages saw the rich architectural activity of the Bulgarian Empire, and even if the subsequent Ottoman rule was a period of considerable decline for the Bulgarian architecture, the Bulgarian National Revival in the 18th-19th century experienced another period of architectural upsurge. In the late 19th and early 20th century the architecture of Bulgaria was dominated by the fashionable revival styles of western architecture and the Communist rule and democracy were dominated by modern styles.

1 Prehistory and antiquity
2 Bulgarian Empire
3 Early Ottoman rule
4 Bulgarian National Revival
5 Late 19th and early 20th century
6 Communist rule
7 Democratic Bulgaria
8 References

[edit] Prehistory and antiquity

Late Roman gate of Diocletianopolis (Hisarya)	Thracian Tomb of Kazanlak, 4th century BC	Old Bishopric, Nesebar, 5th-6th century AD	Roman amphitheatre, Plovdiv
Church of St George, Sofia	Stone sarcophagus in Tatul	Roman ruins in Stara Zagora	Elenska Basilica

[edit] Bulgarian Empire

Ruins of Pliska	Reconstructed gate of Preslav	Holy Theotokos of Petrich Church, Asenova krepost, Asenovgrad	Baba Vida, Vidin
Boyana Church, Sofia	Tsarevets, Veliko Tarnovo	Kaliakra	Tower of Hrelyu, Rila Monastery

[edit] Early Ottoman rule

16th-century tower in Vratsa

Church of St Petka of the Saddlers

Banya Bashi Mosque

Bachkovo Monastery

[edit] Bulgarian National Revival

Old Plovdiv	Rila Monastery	Lovech	Dryanovo
Koprivshtitsa	Troyan Monastery	Tryavna	Varosha, Blagoevgrad

[edit] Late 19th and early 20th century

Former royal palace, Sofia	Dohodno Zdanie, Rousse	Euxinograd	Dormition of the Theotokos Cathedral, Varna
Neo-Baroque in Rousse	Ivan Vazov National Theatre	Sofia University	Alexander Nevsky Cathedral