Balkan Vernacular Architecture : Bulgaria

Bulgaria

Bulgaria, that has a long and rich Slavonic history, struggled with the Byzantine Empire, was part of the Ottoman Empire, and the Soviet block of countries. Bulgaria held its first multiparty elections in 1990. The principal ethnic group is Bulgarian, with a minority of Turkish, and Roma inhabitants; together they have a number of common cultural roots. The cultures of Bulgaria have connections to ancient Thracia, Roman, Slavonic, Ottoman, and Roumanian cultures.
The country has pronounced landscapes (the Balkan and Rhodope mountain ranges, the Danube River plain, and the Black Sea coast) that are important factors in the development of the different types of vernacular architecture still found.

Arbanasi (Arbanassi)

Boženci (Bogentzi)

Koprivštica (Kroprivshtitza)

Kovačevica (Kovachevitsa)

Melnik

Nesebar (Nessabur)

Plovdiv

Rila

Žeravna (Zheravna)

BVA

Bulgaria