September 20, 2010
by europeexplored
Rila Monastery is Bulgaria’s most sacred and visually spectacular site — a UNESCO World Heritage monastery hidden in the deep forests of the Rila Mountains, whose striped black-and-white arcades, golden domes, and vivid frescoes form the spiritual and architectural crown jewel of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church. Founded in the 10th century by the hermit Saint […]
Tags: 19th-century, architectural-monuments, artistic-and-architectural-jewel, bulgaria, bulgarian-renaissance, bulgary, castle, centuries, characteristic-example, cultural-identity, eastern-orthodox-monastery, elevation, heart, ivan, monasteries, monastery, most-popular-tourist-site, nature, occupation, rila-monastery, rila-mountains, sea-level, sofia, southeastern-europe, the-rila-monastery, tourist-attraction
Categories: Bulgaria, Sights
April 28, 2010
by europeexplored
Greece is the cradle of Western civilisation — the land where democracy was born, where Socrates questioned and Plato wrote, where the columns of the Parthenon still stand against the Athenian sky after 2,500 years, and whose mythology, philosophy, theatre, and art form the foundation of European culture. But Greece is far more than its […]
Tags: aegean-sea, athens-greece, balkan-peninsula, crete, cyclades, dodecanese, dolmades, excessive-heat, featured, fragrant-herbs, garlic-olive-oil, greece, greek-alphabet, greek-cuisine, greek-restaurants, greek-salads, greek-yogurt, hellas, hellenic-republic, ionian-islands, ionian-sea, land-borders, light-sauces, local-delicacy, longest-coastline-in-the-world, mainland-greece, mediterranean-sea, metaxa, mount-olympus, muska, olives, population-density, republic-of-macedonia, roasted-peppers, south-greece, southeastern-europe, square-kilometers
Categories: All Countries, Greece
April 27, 2010
by europeexplored
Romania is the country of Dracula — and that is both its blessing and its curse. The legend of Vlad the Impaler and Bram Stoker’s fictional vampire has given Romania one of the most recognisable tourist brands in the world (Bran Castle, marketed as Dracula’s Castle, draws over 800,000 visitors a year), but it has […]
Tags: balkan-peninsula, black-sea, bulgaria, crossroads, danube-delta, dracula, featured, hungary, map, republic-of-moldova, romania, romania-country, serbia, southeastern-europe, west-ukraine
Categories: All Countries, Romania
