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News Bulgaria » Plovdiv » Culture: Plovdiv, Bulgaria: European Capital of Culture 2019

News channel or source: https://www.rferl.org/a/bulgaria-plovdiv-european-capital-culture/29708732.html

Published on: Sunday 13 January 2019

The southern Bulgarian city of Plovdiv celebrated its inauguration as a European Capital of Culture with an opening show on January 12. The city shares the honor in 2019 with Matera, Italy. Plovdiv is ...

News Bulgaria » Plovdiv » Culture: Bulgaria's ancient Plovdiv celebrates as European culture capital

News channel or source: https://www.yahoo.com/news/bulgarias-ancient-plovdiv-celebrates-european-culture-capital-105606799.html

Published on: Saturday 12 January 2019

PLOVDIV, Bulgaria (Reuters) - Bulgaria's southern city of Plovdiv kicked off its year as an European Capital of Culture with a lights and music show on a 30-meter high tower in the city center and ...

News Bulgaria » Plovdiv » Culture: 10 reasons to visit Plovdiv, Bulgaria’s hidden treasure

News channel or source: https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/plovdiv-bulgaria/

Published on: Sunday 03 December 2017

Bulgaria’s Plovdiv remains relatively unknown to most travelers, but it’s beginning to appear on more and more Balkan itineraries – and for good reason. Situated between two vast mountain ranges along ...

News Bulgaria » Plovdiv » Culture: Bulgaria’s Oldest City Honored as European Culture Capital

News channel or source: https://www.theepochtimes.com/bright/bulgarias-oldest-city-honored-as-european-culture-capital-2766540

Published on: Monday 14 January 2019

SOFIA, Bulgaria—Plovdiv, the oldest city in Bulgaria, has been officially inaugurated as the European Capital of Culture for 2019. Some 50,000 people gathered on a main square on Jan. 12, to watch the ...

News Bulgaria » Plovdiv » Culture: Bulgaria's Plovdiv launches capital of culture festivities

News channel or source: https://www.rfi.fr/en/contenu/20190112-bulgarias-plovdiv-launches-capital-culture-festivities

Published on: Saturday 12 January 2019

The Bulgarian city of Plovdiv was on Saturday inaugurated as one of two ancient cities to share the honour of being a European capital of culture for 2019. Plovdiv, Bulgaria's second city, whose ...

News Bulgaria » Plovdiv » Culture: In Plovdiv, Bulgaria, Culture Amid The Cobblestones

News channel or source: https://www.jta.org/2019/03/19/ny/culture-amid-the-cobblestones

Published on: Tuesday 19 March 2019

The first thing you notice about Plovdiv, Bulgaria’s 2019 European Capital of Culture, are the so-called cobblestones. These are no genteel cobblestones; the downtown streets are paved with small, ...