Interesting Facts About Bulgaria
Did You Know?
... that Lavov most and Orlov most, two bridges in the centre of Sofia, were built by the Czech Prosek family in 1889-1891?
... that American actress and wife of Tom Hanks Rita Wilson is the daughter of a Muslim Bulgarian?
... that the early 17th-century church in the village of Dobarsko features frescoes of Jesus taking off in a rocket?
... that the ancient ritual of barefooted dancing on smouldering embers, nestinarstvo, emerged in several remote villages in the Strandzha Mountains?
... that Petar Zhekov, a European Golden Boot winner, is the highest Bulgarian football division's top overall goalscorer?
... that the inventor of the first electronic computer John Vincent Atanassoff is of Bulgarian origin.
... that the Bulgarian rose-oil(Bulgaria produces half of the rose oil in the world), is a component of the world-famous perfumes.
... that Bulgaria became the country to introduce the Cyrillic alphabet in the European Union when it acceded to that organization on 1 January 2007?
... that Old Great Bulgaria is founded in 632 AD and Bulgarian Empire is founded in 681 AD
... that 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. Rayna Kasabova was the first woman ever to take part in a combat air mission, accomplished on 30 October 1912.
... that the developer of the combined oral contraceptive pill, Carl Djerassi is of Bulgarian descent.
... that world's first digital wristwatch was developed by the Bulgarian Peter Petroff.
... that Lavov most and Orlov most, two bridges in the centre of Sofia, were built by the Czech Prosek family in 1889-1891?
... that American actress and wife of Tom Hanks Rita Wilson is the daughter of a Muslim Bulgarian?
... that the early 17th-century church in the village of Dobarsko features frescoes of Jesus taking off in a rocket?
... that the ancient ritual of barefooted dancing on smouldering embers, nestinarstvo, emerged in several remote villages in the Strandzha Mountains?
... that Petar Zhekov, a European Golden Boot winner, is the highest Bulgarian football division's top overall goalscorer?
... that the inventor of the first electronic computer John Vincent Atanassoff is of Bulgarian origin.
... that the Bulgarian rose-oil(Bulgaria produces half of the rose oil in the world), is a component of the world-famous perfumes.
... that Bulgaria became the country to introduce the Cyrillic alphabet in the European Union when it acceded to that organization on 1 January 2007?
... that Old Great Bulgaria is founded in 632 AD and Bulgarian Empire is founded in 681 AD
... that 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. Rayna Kasabova was the first woman ever to take part in a combat air mission, accomplished on 30 October 1912.
... that the developer of the combined oral contraceptive pill, Carl Djerassi is of Bulgarian descent.
... that world's first digital wristwatch was developed by the Bulgarian Peter Petroff.