Interesting facts about Bulgaria • Bulgaria is the oldest country in Europe that hasn’t changed its name since it was first established. This happened in 681 AD. • Bulgarians express approval by shaking their heads rather than nodding. Weird, huh. • The famous Bulgarian rose oil is used for making some of the world’s most popular and expensive perfumes. One gram rose oil is produced out of 1000 rose blossoms. • Over 15 000 Thracian tombs have been discovered on the territory of Bulgaria. The bulk of them are yet to be explored. They are 2 – 3 000 years old. • The gold treasure discovered in the Varna Necropolis is the oldest one in the world. It dates back to 5000 BC. • Bulgaria comes third in the list of countries with most valuable archaeological sites discovered on their territories, preceded only by Greece and Italy. • Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria, is the only big city in Europe that lies just 15 minutes away from an imposing mountain - Vitosha. Cherni Vrah (Black Peak – 2290 m) is its highest peak. • The Bulgarian folk song Izlel e Delio Haydutin has been flying around open space together with Bach’s and Mozart’s greatest works since 1977 when the Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 probes left the Earth. • Bulgarian yogurt is the best in the world, no doubt about it. This is thanks to the unique Lactobacillus bulgaricus bacteria used for its production that can only be found on the territory of the country. • Sofia was founded 7000 years ago. This makes it the second oldest city in Europe. • There is solid historical evidence that wine has been produced on the territory of what is now modern-day Bulgaria ever since the Stone Age. Today the country has earned the reputation of a world-class wine producer. • The renowned opera singers Boris Christoff and Nikolai Gyaurov are Bulgarians.
Posted on: Sun, 08 Sep 2013 08:10:36 +0000
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