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  Varna - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Varna is called the sea capital of Bulgaria, because it is the biggest city on the Bulgarian Black Sea Coast.
The Assumption of the Virgin Cathedral in Varna
Varna is an important economic centre for Bulgaria and the Black Sea region in general.
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 Welcome
On the outskirts of Varna during archeological excavations at the so-called Varna Necropolis, the oldest gold treasure on Earth (4th millenium BC) was found.
The moderate continental climate of Varna is strongly influenced by the proximity to the sea.
The magnificent beaches and the hot mineral water springs in Varna and its vicinity were the prerequisites for the development of the town as a tourist centre of world renown.
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 Varna beach resort
A district town, situated on Varna Bay on the Black Sea, 469 km north-east of Sofia; a seaside resort.
Varna lies on the same latitude of the famous Atlantic resorts Bayonne and Biarritz in France, on a large, flat and high terrace on the northwestern most curve of the bay which juts some 7 km inland.
Evksinograd - a small palace in the vicinity of Varna built for a summer residence of Knyaz Alexander of Battenberg, later used by tzars Ferdinand and Boris III, nowadays - a residence of the government.
www.beachbulgaria.com /varna/index.shtml   (460 words)

  
 .: BULGARIAtour.org   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The chalcolite necropolis of Varna (CNV) was discovered in October of 1972 by an excavator operator by the name of Raicho P. Marinov.
Varna necropolis is proven to be over 6000 years old.
The importance of the Necropolis of Varna is yet to be explored.
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 Varna << Villa Feba
Varna is the third largest city in Bulgaria, a large Black-Sea centre, "the summer capital", and is located along the east borderline of the country, at 470 km from Sofia.
During XII - XIV centuries Varna was the chief port of Bulgaria and the centre of an affluent agricultural region.
Modern Varna is the largest port in Bulgaria, a centre of the county and has a rich experience in the sphere of international tourism.
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 Varna, Bulgaria
The city of Varna (population 314 539) is situated at the Bay of Varna, 470 km east of Sofia.
Varna's most popular luxurious and offering special cuisine restaurants are: the Indian Maharany Restaurant, Maggy Restaurant and the Moussala Restaurant with a Viennise Cafe, the Paraklisa Restaurant, the FEB Restaurant, the Morska Sirena Restaurant, a chain of restaurants Mustang Food Bar, Happy Bar and Grill chain, Loza Restaurant, Morsko Konche Restaurant, and the Galateya Restaurant.
Varna is connected to all of the main railway lines in the country.
www.bulgarianproperties.com /towns-cities-villages-resorts.php?IID=17&long=Varna%2C+Bulgaria   (3401 words)

  
 Varna Necropolis - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Varna Necropolis (Bulgarian: Варненски некропол) is a burial site in the western industrial part of Varna (approximately half a kilometre from Lake Varna), Bulgaria.
The area around Varna is accepted as the birthplace of European civilization.
Varna Archaelogical Museum contains many of the Varna Necropolis artifacts.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Gold_of_Varna   (272 words)

  
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VARNA - a district town, situated on Varna Bay on the Black Sea, 469 km north-east of Sofia; a seaside resort.
In 1389 Varna falls under Ottoman rule and 10 years later it is devastated by the Tatars.
In the Middle Ages Varna is the strongest fortress on the western Black Sea coast.
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 Discover Bulgaria - Varna golden treasure
The Varna Eneolithic Necropolis by the richness of the artifacts remains without an analog among the archeological discoveries of the epoch.
The city of Varna – population 325137, is situated at the Bay of Varna, 470 km east of Sofia.
The Ethnographical museum in Varna is in a house built about 1860 as well as in an annex which is harmoniously connected with the old building located in 22 Panaguyrishte Street.
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 Hotels in Varna
Varna - the third largest city (325,000 residents) after Sofia and Plovdiv, the biggest Bulgarian seaport, is the gem of the Bulgarian Black Sea.
Varna lies on the same latitude of the famous Atlantic resorts Bayonne and Biarritz in France.
The architectural outline of Varna is accomplished at the end of 19th century and the beginning of 20th century.
www.altours-bg.com /Altours_files/hotels-vn.htm   (730 words)

  
 All Bulgaria Virtual Guide - Varna and Varna International Airport
The city of Varna is situated at the Bay of Varna on the Black Sea.
Near the port of Varna, the oldest gold treasure in the world (dated from 4,500 BC) was found In 1972; an ancient necropolis with 280 tombs and 3,010 golden objects were found weighing over 6 kg altogether.
Due to the greater expectations of Varna airport's role in the overall development of the Black Sea region and the considerably increased flow of both passengers and cargo, a new general plan has been promoted by the national government for the Varna airport complex over the last couple of years.
www.abvg.net /Varna   (1155 words)

  
 Owldaughter Read - Varna exhibit
Varna: World's First Gold, Ancient Secrets is a co-operative exhibition developed in tandem with the Varna Museum in Bulgaria.
This was the dawn of goldsmithing, an art developed by the Varna people and subsequently lost for three thousand years, when global warming accelerated the rate of glacier melt, leading to the premature rise of sea levels that claimed the thriving, complex settlements along the shores of Varna not once, but twice.
With no written records from the societies lost beneath the rising waters swelled by glacier runoff, the only basis that the archaeologists on the 1970s could use in their efforts to piece together daily life in those lost societies were the graves found in the extensive Varna I and II necropoli.
www.owldaughter.org /articles/varna.html   (870 words)

  
 ESTIMA Consult - Real estate agency
Varna is the ideal place for those investors wishing to market the whole of the Balkan region where there is a total of over 100 million consumers.
The Varna area is extremely attractive for foreign investments due to its highly developed industrial infrastructure, the large number of skilful human resources responding to the requirements of the modern productions, the suitable geographic location with huge port facilities relying on the well structured transportation utilities and the high level of telecommunications.
A significant fact for the rich historical heritage of the region is the gold treasure of the Varna Necropolis consisting of 2000 crafted objects weighting over.5 kg which makes it the oldest and the biggest gold treasure ever found in the world (4000 years BC).
www.estima-consult.com /varna.php?lang=en   (862 words)

  
 BULGAVARNA-VARNAAALST- VARNA-AALST
Na Sofia en Plovdiv is Varna (380 000 inwoners) de derde stad van het land, liggend aan de voet van groene, naar zee aflopende heuvels op de linkeroever van het Varnensko-meer.
Varna heeft zich daarna in hoog tempo ontwikkeld tot de grootste exporthaven van Bulgarije en neemt tevens regionaal een belangrijke bestuurlijke, economische en culturele positie in.
Kijken we naar het Varna van de tweede helft van de 19e eeuw dan zien wij een dynamische stad, waaraan zich als eerste in het Ottomaanse rijk het wonder van de trein heeft l geopenbaard een Engelse maatschappij had in opdracht van de Turken een spoorlijn aangelegd van Varna naar de Donauh aven Ruse.
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 STUDENT HOLIDAYS - VARNA, BULGARIA
North of Varna there is a cluster of seaside resorts all with fine - sandy beaches but differing in size and style.
The Varna Museum is full of treasures from all periods of the city's history, and will interest both the informed archaeologist and the casual visitor.
In 1972 excavations in the Varna Necropolis revealed almost two thousand gold artefacts from about 4000 B.C. One stunning display case has the bones of a tribal leader arranged with skilfully-made jewellery and personal possessions around him.
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 Thracology Page by Sonya Ilieva
Varna chalcolithic necropolis is dated in the late Chalcolithe (the end of 5th Millenium BC) and responds to the archealogical periods Karanovo V and Karanovo VI The necropolis is situated on the northen shore of the lake of Varna, almost 300 burials are explored.
The necropolis reflects an early class of of a costal civilization of the Weastern Black seaside, which is superior in comparison with the synchronous cultures from the continental inland.
That’s why we are extremely fortunate to have the evidance of Varna necropolis beside which we should pay also attention to the Hotnitsa Treasure.
thracology.dir.bg /english/varna_en.html   (341 words)

  
 Temporary employement, social work jobs, job opportunity, tourist routes by Beautiful Bulgaria III - Tourist Routes   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Varna Necropolis has preserved the oldest gold treasure in Europe, dated from 4th century B.C. You can see this unique finding in the Archeological Museum.
Varna is remarkable for its historical-archeological artifacts 'Rimski kuli' ('Roman Towers') and 'Rimski bani' ('Roman Baths').
The city is situated 90 km from Varna at the foot of Shumensko plateau.
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 Property For Sale - Bulgaria, Varna, property #bsp1266
Situated only a few meters away from the northern bank of Varna lake, the oldest gold in the world processed by human hands was discovered in its tombs.
Situated in the old part of contemporary Varna, the town was one of the most significant colonies on the coast.
Varna and the nearby towns solemnly surrendered the town keys.
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 Discover Bulgaria - Varna golden treasure   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Situated in the south-eastern part of the contemporary city of Varna the Roman spa was the biggest social building from the past discovered in Bulgaria till now.
Wine Club Varna is situated in the central part of Varna, opposite the Archeological Museum in an authentic stone cellar.
Restaurant “Hashove-Old Varna” is situated in Varna, in the immediate vicinity of the sea garden and the festival complex.
www.bulgaria-hotels.com /en/discover_bulgaria/museums/91NFO-varna_golden_treasure.html   (1243 words)

  
 VARNA :: Bulgaria
Varna is situated 470 km east of Sofia.
In the course of more than 7 millennia, the Gulf of Varna has been the cradle of several significant civilizations - humankind's oldest gold was excavated in Varna, created by people who inhabited that place around the 4th millennium BC and long before the Thracians, Greeks, Bulgarians and Turks.
The third largest city, Varna, after Sofia and Plovdiv is Bulgaria's most animated metropolis and it rivals Sofia and Plovdiv in providing a wide range of sights and museums.
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 Varna Museums, Culture and Treasures   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Varna Terrarium has one of the most diverse collections in Bulgaria - more than 40 different kinds of exotic animals from all over the world and many interesting and rare Bulgarian species.
The Varna Chalcolithic Necropolis (4600 - 4200 B.C.) which experts qualify as 'the world's oldest gold and Europe's most ancient civilization' was a sensational discovery.
Varna Golden Treasure (4600-4200 BC) which is the oldest golden treasure...
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 SurfWax: News, Reviews and Articles On Varna
Varna mayor Kiril Yordanov quoted TUI's letter, which said that the company is ready to cancel the bookings and start redirecting booked tourists from Germany and other nations to Turkey instead of Bulgaria.
BULGARIAN consortium Bulyard, which was chosen as the buyer of 75 per cent of the assets of Varna Shipyard and Bulgaria's sea transport operator Navibulgar, on December 10 signed a contract for the establishment of a joint venture to manage the assets of the shipyard.
Customs officers from the town of Varna launched a check into the ten containers with cigarettes on the Bulgaria-flagged Elena ship, aboard which a sailor killed two of his fellow crewmembers, as there were claims that the ship was a part of a smuggling channel.
news.surfwax.com /worldcities/files/Varna_Bulgaria.html   (4117 words)

  
 The Gumelnita Culture
Social differences are clearing indicated as in the Necropolis at Varna Bulgaria.
They are often difficult to distinguish and difficult to explain, but are undoubtedly related to the heritage of the preexistent cultures, the Necropolis of Varna (Bulgaria) is the most eloquent example.
The cultural aggregate "Gumelnita-Karanovo VI-Kodjadermen" was born of the evolution of the Boian, Marita and Karanovo V cultures.
www.culture.gouv.fr /culture/arcnat/harsova/en/dobro3.htm   (490 words)

  
 Varna - Premier or du monde, secrets anciens   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The Varna Museum has one of the finest European collections of flint tools dating from the Paleolithic (Stone Age) and the Mesolithic, the period when the bow was invented.
Just a few kilometres from Varna was a Copper Age necropolis (cemetery) containing the oldest gold objects ever discovered.
Study of the 300 or so graves in the Varna I necropolis showed that there was a highly structured society here in the Copper Age.
www.pacmusee.qc.ca /an/expos/varna/histoire.html   (748 words)

  
 Bulgaria Hotels, Tours, Excursion, Rent a Car, Flights, Travel and Tourism in Bulgaria
Excavations in the Varna necropolis revealed that the inhabitants of these lands had the knowledge to process gold long before the craft was developed in ancient Mesopotamia and Egypt.
The imposing remains of the Roman Baths in downtown Varna testify that contemporary Varna stands over ruins of an ancient settlement which has left a heritage of valuable ceramics, statues and public buildings dating from the 2nd century AD coinciding with the reign of Emperor Anthoninus Pius.
During a downtown stroll the visitor's attention is invariably attracted by the imposing edifice of the Cathedral of the Assumption of the Holy Mother of Christ, the second biggest in Bulgaria after the Alexander Nevski Cathedral in Sofia.
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 About the Region   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
With 901,000 people Varna Region accounts for 10.8 percent of the country's population; the average density of 76 per sq km is lower than that of Bulgaria (81) but higher than that of Europe (66).
The Varna necropolis that was discovered in 1972 has led historians to a reassessment of their views of the development of human civilisation.
Varna is the leader with 12 springs whose temperatures range between 28C and 52C.
www.fnts-bg.org /is/region.html   (3645 words)

  
 Sofia News Agency
The necropolis discovered in the town of Varna is known to scientists worldwide containing a lot of gold objects and copper tools.
The most important from a scientific point of view, is the necropolis at the village of Durankulak, which existed for more than 800 years, starting from the beginning of the culture Hamandjia until the end of Varna culture.
Most of the sea-coast settlements of the Varna culture have not been studied sufficiently because they remained under the contemporary sea-level (on the bottom of Varna lake, in the bays of Sozopol, Kiten, the river Ropotamo).
www.novinite.com /newsletter/print.php?id=35689   (406 words)

  
 Interesting facts about Bulgaria - Invest Bulgaria.com
THE OLDEST GOLDEN TREASURE IN The chalcolite necropolis of Varna (CNV) was discovered in October of 1972 by an excavator operator by the name of Raicho P. Marinov.
Even the most stubborn skeptics now know that the necropolis is an extraordinary discovery, not just a treasure but a complex with great importance for the history of the world civilizations in that epoch.
After that, the treasure was shown at almost all of the world's cultural exhibition centers.
www.investbulgaria.com /DidYouKnow.htm   (781 words)

  
 Varna   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
With 901,000 people Varna Region accounts for 10.8 percent of the country's population; the average population density is 76 per sq km (lower than average for Bulgaria).
Varna and the surrounding resorts are easier to reach than Sunny Beach because you can fly directly into its international airport all year round while Burgas Airport is only open in the summer.
Varna lies on a large, flat terrace on the northwestern most curve of the bay.
karia-bg.net /Varna.html   (887 words)

  
 The Bulgarian treasures - Golden sands resort, Varna, Bulgaria
Digging a trench for an electric cable in the western industrial part of the city of Varna the man working with the excavator discovered in the soil discarded by the machine several gold objects, pieces of ceramics and other items.
All this is to show that the community during the Eneolythic period had undergone social stratification, which inevitably leads to a class society.
The nature and special features of the Varna necropolis and especially the fine work of the gold objects employing hammering, piercing and cutting, suggest high level of technology, well-developed social and cultural processes and spiritual culture.
www.goldensands.bg /cultural/treasure-varna.asp   (734 words)

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