Danube crossing, Oryahovo, Vratsa Province, Bulgaria, Europe
Oryahovo is a port city in northwestern Bulgaria, part of Vratsa Province. It is located in a hilly country on the right bank of the Danube, just east of the mouth of the river Ogosta, a few more kilometres downstream from where the Jiu flows into the Danube on Romanian territory. The town is known for the ferry service that connects it to the Romanian town of Bechet across the river. There are also plans by local private companies for a bridge across the Danube. As of December 2009, Oryahovo has a population of 5,400 inhabitants. The town's name has evolved through the course of history, with names such as Vrhov, Orezov, Oreov and Rahovo being mentioned in documents until the current one was officially established in 1886. The area around Oryahovo has been inhabited since ancient times, as archaeological research has proven with findings from the early Neolithic to the Late Middle Ages. A fortress called Kamaka is located 1 km east from Oryahovo, which existed from the 9th to the 14th century. In 1396, the city, already controlled by the Ottoman Turks, was sacked and its Ottoman civilian inhabitants killed while the prisoners massacred by French crusaders heading towards Nicopolis. The troops of Holy Roman Emperor Sigismund and Polish King Władysław III of Varna passed through the fortress during their unsuccessful crusades against the Ottoman Empire. During the Bulgarian National Revival, Oryahovo established itself as an economic and industrial centre and a key point for the supply of the Ottoman Empire with goods through the Danube. The town was mentioned as an important Danube port in a 1762 book printed in Brussels. The St George Church was opened in 1837, a secular school was built in the town in 1857 and a community centre followed in 1871. During the Russo-Turkish War of 1877-78, the town was liberated on 21 November 1877 by Romanian forces after three-day fighting. A memorial by Italian sculptor Arnaldo Zocchi was erected in their honour. After the liberation, Oryahovo was known for the lively trade and rich cultural life. A provincial centre for three months, it became the centre of an okrag for 10 years (1877-1882 and 1884-1889). The architecture from the period is typically influenced by the one of Western Europe, with many such buildings being preserved today. A railway line linking Oryahovo with Cherven Bryag was constructed in 1926, a new church, the Assumption of Mary Church, opened in 1930, and a new building for the community centre was built in 1936 after a project by two Vidin architects. Some of the first industrial companies in the city, a spare parts factory and a metalworking company, were opened in 1961. Kozloduy Nuclear Power Plant, a short drive west of town, is also a major employer. The ferry Oryahovo - Beckett, crossing Danube, is one of the main transport corridors from Bulgaria to Romania. This is the most direct route from Sofia to Romania, Ukraine and other countries.
Cherven Medieval Fortress - Bulgaria / Средновековен български град Чѐрвен 4K
Чѐрвен е средновековен български град, един от най-значимите военни, културни и църковни центрове на Втората българска държава (12-14 век).
Намира се до с. Червен на 34 km южно от град Русе. За произхода на името Червен (Чрьвенъ) съществуват няколко хипотези. Най-разпространената от тях е, че името е производно от прилагателното „червен“. Според друга името е дадено от руски заселници, напуснали едноименния си град в Галиция след татарското нашествие през 13 век.
В Червен е съществувала ранновизантийска крепост от 6 век. След 1018 г., когато България окончателно е включена в пределите на Византийската империя, ранновизантийските укрепления върху Червенския рид са привлекли вниманието на новите владетели. Оцелелите все още крепостни стени са били ремонтирани и съобразени с техните фортификационни изисквания. В историята на Червен по време на Второто българско царство е имало както възход, така и упадък. През 1230 г. е имало силно земетресение, което нанесло щети в цяла Източна Европа, а в Червен е предизвикало пожар и мащабно унищожение. През 1235 г. градът става седалище на Средновековната българска Червенска митрополия. Известно е, че през пролетта на 1242 г. част от оттеглящата се татарска армия е премиала по долината на р. Русенски Лом, като оставила след себе си всеобща разруха. Също така през 13 век (според Мануил Фил) византийският военачалник Михаил Глава Тарханиот превзел града в насочения срещу цар Ивайло поход.
През 14 век територията на града надхвърля 1,8 km², с добре откроена инфраструктура, включваща укрепен град, разположен върху обширен скален рид по поречието на река Черни Лом. Развити са редица занаяти: добив и обработване на желязо, златарство, строителни, художествени, битови и други занаяти, което го превръща в значимо търговско средище. В края на 14 в., заедно с останалите български земи, попада под османско владичество и е опустошен.
The stronghold of Cherven (Bulgarian: Червен, red) was one of the Second Bulgarian Empire's primary military, administrative, economic and cultural centres between the 12th and the 14th century. The ruins of the fortress are located near the village of the same name 30 to 35 kilometres (19 to 22 mi) south of Rousse, northeastern Bulgaria.
History
The town was a successor to an earlier Byzantine fortress of the 6th century, but the area has been inhabited since the arrival of the Thracians. Cherven was first mentioned in the 11th century in an Old Bulgarian apocryphal chronicle. It gained importance after 1235, when it became the seat of the medieval Bulgarian Orthodox Bishopric of Cherven. It was affected by the Mongol Golden Horde raids in 1242 and was briefly conquered by Byzantine troops during the reign of Tsar Ivailo (1278–1280).
During the second half of the 14th century, the stronghold's area exceeded 1 square kilometre (0.39 sq mi) and had intensive urban development, including a fortified inner city on vast rock ground in one of the Cherni Lom river's bends, and an outer city at the foot of the rocks and on the neighbouring hills. The town had a complex fortification system and was completely built up. Cherven grew to become a centre of craftsmanship in the 14th century, with iron extraction, ironworking, goldsmithing, construction and arts being well developed.
Cherven was conquered by the Ottoman Turks in 1388 during the Bulgarian-Ottoman Wars, initially retaining its administrative functions but later declining in importance. The modern village of Cherven located close to the ruins of the fortress has, as of September 2005, 302 inhabitants.
Archaeological site
Plan of the fortress Cherven
The remains of the medieval town of Cherven are an archaeological site of great importance to the research of Bulgarian culture of the Middle Ages. The first excavations were carried out in 1910–1911 under professor Vasil Zlatarski, while regular research on the site began in 1961. Currently, archaeological work is being conducted by Stoyan Yordanov of the Rousse Regional Museum of History. Yordanov has over 30 years of experience working at Cherven, and leads excavations atop the Cherven old town site every summer.
A large feudal palace with fortified walls reaching up to 3 metres (10 ft) wide, two well-preserved underground water supply passages, 13 churches, administrative and residential buildings, workshops and streets have been excavated. The three-storey tower, 12 metres (39 ft) high, from the 14th century has also been fully preserved and was even used as a model for the reconstruction of Baldwin's Tower in Tsarevets, Veliko Tarnovo, in 1930. The site has been a national archaeological reserve since 1965 and is a popular tourist attraction.
A 14th-century church was discovered in Cherven with murals of warrior saints.
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BULGARIA - THE MOST BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY IN EUROPE
1.Bulgaria is one of the oldest European countries and is the only one that hasn't changed its namе ever since it was founded.
2.According to the statistics , Bulgaria ranks third in Europe only after Greece and Italy for the number of its valuable archeological monuments.
3.The recognition of the autocephalous Bulgarian Patriarchate by the Patriarchate of Constantinople in 927 AD makes the Bulgarian Orthodox Church the oldest autocephalous Slavic Orthodox Church in the world.
4.The bulgarian autocephalous status preceded the autocephaly of the Serbian Orthodox Church (1219) by 292 years and of the Russian Orthodox Church (1589) by 662 years.
5.In 716 AD , the Bulgarians saved EUROPE from islamization .In 716 AD, the Bulgarians under the command of Kanasubigi Tervel came forward at the gates of Constantinople to help the Byzantines against the muslim threat. In a crucial battle in 718 AD the Bulgarian cavalry defeated the Arabs. The Bulgarians assaulted the Arabs, slaying many of them... They were more afraid of the Bulgarians than of the Byzantines, reads the account of an Arab chronicler of Kanas Tervel's sweeping victory which left between 60 000 and 90 000 (by different sources) Arabs dead. This blow put an end to the muslim Arabs attempting to penetrate into the Old Continent through the Balkan Peninsula.The western chronicians called Tervel The saviour of Europe !
6.The Bulgarians were the first people to use the Cyrillic alphabet immediately after its inception in the 9th century.
7.With the accession of Bulgaria to the European Union on January 1, 2007, Cyrillic became the third official alphabet of the EU. ( Bulgaria is the second EU country, after Greece, that use a non-Latin alphabet and the first to use Cyrillic, which originated in the medieval Bulgarian Empire.)
8.Bulgaria and Denmark were the only European countries to save their Jews during the Holocaust.
9.The Bulgarian Army is the only force in the world which has never lost a single flag , although it actively participated in all major wars in Europe since the end of the nineteenth century.
10.The first air-dropped bomb in military history was developed by the Bulgarian Air Force during the First Balkan War, and used on 16 October 1912 by Lieuts . Radul Milkov and Prodan Tarakchiev.
11.Rayna Kasabova was the first woman ever to take part in a combat air mission, accomplished on 30 October 1912.
12.The first wrestler in the world with 1500 wins and only 2 lost matches
is the Bulgarian -- Dan Kolov .
13.World's first digital wristwatch was developed by the Bulgarian Peter Petroff.
14.The inventor of the first electronic computer John Vincent Atanassoff is of Bulgarian origin. Professor John Atanassoff, together with graduate student Clifford Berry, built the world's first electronic digital computer, at Iowa State University, between 1939 and 1942.
15.Bulgaria is second in the world in international IQ tests and SAT scores and fourth in
the world in per capita university education after the U.S., Japan, and the United
Kingdom.
16.Bulgaria has established itself as a preferred tourist destination, with 5 million
tourists (in 2005), visiting its spa, mountain and sea resorts as well as
its archaeological sites and cultural monuments.
17.The oldest golden treasure in the world was found in Bulgaria(In 294 graves were discovered more than 3000 golden objects dating back 6000 years).
18.The only nations in the world that use the bagpipe as a typical national instrument are Bulgaria , Ireland and Scotland.
19.As a Consultative Party to the Antarctic Treaty, Bulgaria takes part in the governing of Antarctica (since 1998 ).
20.Over 70,000 traditional bulgarian folk songs have been collected at the Folklore Institute of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences.
Bulgarian Steam locos 05 01 and 03 12
Tuesday 18 September 2012 at Cherven Bryag. 03.12 4-8-2 arrives hauled by electric loco 42081. 05.01 4-6-2 Pacific comes off our train and departs. 03.12 backs on and couples up. It soon becomes apparent that something is wrong with 03.12 as it slows to less than walking pace on the a steep incline. Not enough steam! Eventually be have to abandon the train at Levski due to serious late running.
Villa Kalina, Lozenets, Bulgaria - Perfect Place
Villa Kalina - Special club price! -
Situated in Velika Village, Villa Kalina is a spacious accommodation unit offering amenities like several balconies and a small private tavern with a fireplace, a bar and a TV. The beach of Lozenets is 3.5 km away.
Inside the Rooms
The villa comprises 6 bedrooms, a living room with a sofa, a fully equipped kitchenette and 3 bathrooms, each fitted with a shower. A washing machine is provided and the air-conditioned Kalina villa also features cable TV.
Property Highlights
Children can romp around on the on-site playground, while adults can barbecue in the garden. Sun loungers are provided and Villa Kalina also features a small gym. You can play darts and tabletop football on site. Free Wi-Fi is available via USB stick. During summer, you can request the delivery of fresh groceries free of charge. Free private parking is possible on site.
The Location
The closest bus station is 50 metres away. Primorsko is a 15-minute drive from the villa and Burgas is 70 km away.
[4K] БВ 2610 с 80 053 Цар Константин Тих Асен (Част 1/2) / FT 2610 with 80 053 (Part 1/2)
Видеоклиповете от пътуването ми до София на 06.04.2022. (Част 2/5)
Русе - Горна Оряховица - София - Горна Оряховица - Русе
БВ 4641 - БВ 2610 - БВ 2615 - БВ 4640
Във втора част може да видите видеоклиповете от БВ 2610 (Част 1/2).
The videos from my trip to Sofia on April 6, 2022. (Part 2/5)
Ruse - Gorna Oryahovitsa - Sofia - Gorna Oryahovitsa - Ruse
FT 4641 - FT 2610 - FT 2615 - FT 4640
In the second part you can see the videos from FT 2610 (Part 1/2).
00:00 Заминаване от Горна Оряховица / Departing from Gorna Orqhovitsa
02:30 Горна Оряховица - Павликени / Gorna Orqhovica - Pavlikeni
07:56 Локомотив 80 053, сниман от първи вагон / Locomotive 80 053, ptogographed from first wagon
08:16 Пристигане в Павликени / Arriving in Pavlikeni
09:36 Заминаване от Павликени / Departing from Pavlikeni
10:47 Пристигане в Левски / Arriving in Levski
11:52 Заминаване от Левски / Departing from Levski
13:22 Левски - Плевен / Levski - Pleven
16:00 Среща с ПВ 20133 / Meeting with PT 20133
16:10 Левски - Плевен / Levski - Pleven
22:30 Пристигане в Плевен / Arriving in Pleven
23:05 Среща с КПВ 23203/4 / Meeting with SPT 23203/4
23:30 Заминаване от Плевен / Departing from Pleven
26:20 Пристигане в Ясен / arriving in Yasen
27:50 Заминаване от Ясен / Departing from Yasen
28:50 Среща с ПВ 20135 / Meeting with PT 20135
30:30 Пристигане в Червен бряг / Arriving in Cherven bryag
32:50 Заминаване от Червен бряг / Departing from Cherven bryag
34:35 Червен бряг - Роман / Cherven bryag - Roman
35:35 Пристигане в Роман / Arriving in Roman
37:30 Заминаване от Роман / Departing from Roman
40:37 Пристигане в Мездра / Arriving in Mezdra
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[4K] БВ 2610 с 80 053 (Горна Оряховица - Мездра) / FT 2610 with 80 053 (Gorna Oryahovitsa - Mezdra)
Видеоклиповете от пътуването ми до Мездра на 22.05.2022. (Част 2/3)
Русе - Горна Оряховица - Мездра - Горна Оряховица - Русе
БВ 4641 - БВ 2610 - БВ 2611 - ПВ 40116
Във втора част може да видите видеоклиповете от БВ 2610 и всички гари от Горна Оряховица до Мездра. През повечето участъци, влакът се движеше с над 100 км/ч, а понякога надвишаваше 130 км/ч
За съжаление не успях да снимам от бърз влак 2611, защото беше пълен догоре с пътници.
The videos from my trip to Mezdra on May 22, 2022. (Part 2/3)
Ruse - Gorna Oryahovitsa - Mezdra - Gorna Oryahovitsa - Ruse
FT 4641 - FT 2610 - FT 2611 - PT 40116
In the second part you can see the videos from FT 2610 and all stations from Gorna Oryahovitsa to Mezdra. In most sections, the train ran at over 100 km/h and sometimes exceeded 130 km/h
Unfortunately, I was not able to shoot from the fast train 2611 because it was full of passengers.
00:00 Заминаване от Горна Оряховица / Departing from Gorna Orqhovitsa
02:45 Пристигане в Павликени / Arriving in Pavlikeni
03:36 Заминаване от Павликени / Departing from Pavlikeni
04:46 Пристигане в Левски / Arriving in Levski
05:16 Заминаване от Левски / Departing from Levski
06:06 Пристигане в Плевен / Arriving in Pleven
07:37 Заминаване от Плевен / Departing from Pleven
10:27 Среща с БВ 2601 с локомотив 44 189 и пристигане в Ясен / Meeting with FT 2601 with locomotive 44 189 and arriving in Yasen
11:07 Заминаване от Ясен / Departing from Yasen
12:13 Среща с ПВ 20135 с локомотив 44 147 / Meeting with PT 20135 with locomotive 44 147
12:43 Пристигане в Червен бряг / Arriving in Cherven bryag
15:04 Заминаване от Червен бряг / Departing from Cherven bryag
18:24 Пристигане в Роман / Arriving in Roman
20:01 Заминаване от Роман / Departing from Roman
21:51 Пристигане в Мездра / Arriving in Mezdra
24:27 Бърз влак 2610 заминава от гара Мездра с локомотив Simens Smartron 80 053 за София / Fast train 2610 departing from Mezdra station with locomotive Simens Smartron 80 053 to Sofia
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Industrial Zones in Bulgaria
Trakia Economic Zone in Bulgaria, presented by one of our members- Sienit Group. Bulgarian-Chinese Business Development Association.
[4K] БВ 2615 с 80 054 Цар Борис III / FT 2615 with 80 054 Tsar Boris III
Видеоклиповете от пътуването ми до София на 06.04.2022. (Част 4/5)
Русе - Горна Оряховица - София - Горна Оряховица - Русе
БВ 4641 - БВ 2610 - БВ 2615 - БВ 4640
В четвърта част може да видите видеоклиповете от БВ 2615.
The videos from my trip to Sofia on April 6, 2022. (Part 4/5)
Ruse - Gorna Oryahovitsa - Sofia - Gorna Oryahovitsa - Ruse
FT 4641 - FT 2610 - FT 2615 - FT 4640
In the fourth part you can see the videos from FT 2615.
00:00 Заминаване от Централна гара София / Departing from Sofia Central raliway station
03:10 Пристигане в София Север / Arriving in Sofia North
03:25 Заминаване от София Север / Departing from Sofia North
04:10 Пристигане в Своге / Arriving in Svoge
06:15 Заминаване от Своге / Departing from Svoge
07:00 Своге - Бов / Svoge - Bov
11:40 Среща с ПВ 20112 на гара Бов / Meeting with PT 20112 on Bov station
12:17 Бов - Лакатник / Bov - Lakatnik
21:10 Среща с БВ 7623 на гара Лакатник / Meeting with FT 7623 on Lakatnik station
22:16 Пристигане в Зверино / Arriving in Zverino
23:18 Заминаване от Зверино / Departing from Zverino
24:08 Среща с БВ 2612 между Мездра-юг и Мездра / Meeting with FT 2612 between Mezdra-south and Mezdra
25:00 Мездра-юг - Мездра / Mezdra-south - Mezdra
26:00 Пристигане в Мездра / Arriving in Mezdra
26:40 Среща с ПВ 20171 / Meeting with PT 20171
27:00 Заминаване от Мездра / Departing from Mezdra
29:15 Пристигане в Роман / Arriving in Roman
29:55 Заминаване от Роман / Departing from Roman
30:30 Пристигане в Червен бряг / Arriving in Cherven bryqg
33:00 Заминаване от Червен бряг / Departing from Cherven bryag
35:00 Пристигане в Долни Дъбник / Arriving in Dolni Dybnik
36:30 Заминаване от Долни Дъбник / Departing from Dolni Dybnik
37:10 Долни Дъбник - Плевен / Dolni Dybnik - Pleven
40:15 Пристигане в Плевен / Arriving in Pleven
40:45 Среща с КПВ 23208/9 / Meeting with SPT 23208/9
41:00 Заминаване от Плевен / Departing from Pleven
42:06 Извънредно намаляване в гара Пордим / Extraordinary reduction at Pordim station
43:06 Пристигане в Левски / Arriving in Levski
44:32 Заминаване от Лески / Departing from Levski
45:07 Пристигане в Павликени / Arriving in Pavlikeni
46:10 Заминаване от Павликени / Departing from Pavlikeni
46:57 Пристигане в Горна Оряховица / Arriving in Gorna Orqhowitsa
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Bułgaria vol 4. Czerwony Brzeg i okolice
Град Нови Искър - от дрон
Нови Искър е град в Западна България. Той е един от общо 4-те града към Столична община, заедно с гр. София, гр. Банкя и гр. Бухово.
BDZ PP steam locomotive class 16.27
BDZ PP steam locomotive class 16.27 between stations Gorna Oryahovica and Dzulyunica for speed-braking test. 07.06.2019.
This locomotive was produced in 1948 in Wiener Lokomotivfabrik Floridsdorf Austria.Factory number 17632/1948 ,
DR number 42.2746.
IGE - Bahntouristik - Balkan Nostalgie Express 2013. Dimgrad-Lapovo
ARRIVING TO THE UK FROM AN AMBER LIST COUNTRY | Returning to the UK, Arriving at London Heathrow LHR
What you need to know if you are returning to the UK from an amber list country. I arrived at London Heathrow and had to have a negative covid test before flying, a passenger locator form, booked day 2 and day 8 PCR tests and of course I had to self-isolate for 10 days. Please make sure to do your own research, this video is not official information and its purpose is not to provide official information. Rules change *constantly* so please check current regulations at the time of traveling. Below are some links you might find useful:
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José Cuervo Express en la Herradura
FXE 2020 y 2019 máquinas del Tequila Express, mueven por esta ocasión al tren de José Cuervo donde lo vemos bajando rumbo a Guadalajara en la Herradura de la línea T.
Train View: Velingrad to Septemvri
Capture by Stel with Sony HDR-SR12.