Plovdiv
 Plovdiv is the second largest city and the cultural capital of Bulgaria. The town is picturesquely situated on either bank of Maritsa River, among a number of rocky hills which rise unexpectedly from the middle of a vast flat plain – the Plain of Thrace. Plovdiv has always been a beautiful city and ancient chroniclers praised its beauty in their time. Thracians, Greeks, Romans and Byzantines inhabited the area.
Plovdiv’s greatest treasure is the Old Quarter – a historical and architectural preserve. With its cobbled streets and orieled mansions it is a painter’s dream and a cartographer's nightmare. This part of the town contains Roman remains over Thracian masonry, mixed with a number of National Revival houses in the symmetrical style, known as the “Bulgarian Baroque”.
The 15 century Joumaya Mosque, the Roman Stadium, Forum and Theater, the Archaeological and Ethnographic Museums and the numerous East-Orthodox churches and museum-houses are among the main highlights of Plovdiv. |
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