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Vidin historical artefacts
A year ago, Adrian was walking along the right bank of the Danube, in front of the Vidin municipality, Bulgaria, where a large park had been made for all people who love nature can walk, enjoy, and admire the landscape. Photo: Adrian Gheorghe 26 March 2019
In this area, there were placed several Roman artefacts, such as stone coffins, temple friezes etc, illustrated by several signs about the history and time line of Vidin town, known by the Romans a that time as Bononia.
When passing through the area, Adrian was shocked that the Municipality had decided to remove the ancient artefacts from this open-area museum, translocating them to another location, near the Baba-Vida fortress, nor far from where they were initially.
Photo: Adrian Gheorghe 26 March 2019
Adrian emphasises that:
• When you remove historical artefacts, their new location must be recorded, so that none are forgotten or lost forever.
• When they are removed, there should be a study to determine if it is better, in fact, to leave them where they are, as an historical lesson and an educational activity, than to put them in another place which may not be the best place for them.
• When a pretence is made to take care of historical artefacts, at least they should be kept as clean as possible.
Photo: Adrian Gheorghe 26 March 2019
Radetzky
The Radetzky was an Austro-Hungarian passenger steamship built in 1851 in the shipyard in Óbuda, Hungary, and used for regular services on the Danube, mainly between Orşova, Austria-Hungary and Galaţi,Romania. Named after Bohemian nobleman and Austrian general Joseph Radetzky von Radetz (1766–1858), it is most notable as part of the history of Bulgaria as the ship which revolutionary and poet Hristo Botev and his band bloodlessly hijacked and used to reach Kozloduy, Bulgaria.
Photo: Adrian Gheorghe 7th April 2014
Text: Wikipedia
On 29 May 1876, after the ship left the port of Bechet, the Bulgarian revolutionaries, who had boarded her from different ports disguised as gardeners, forced the captain Dagobert Engländer to change course and transport the band to the Bulgarian port of Kozloduy, from where they would attempt to organise an anti-Ottoman uprising as a follow-up to the already crushedApril Uprising of the same year.
Photo: Adrian Gheorghe 7th April 2014
Text: Wikipedia
The captain wrote of Botev's 'civility, energy and temperament', and agreed to transport the band to Kozloduy. Upon arriving in Bulgaria, the revolutionaries dropped on their knees and kissed the earth, saying goodbye to the captain and the passengers, who saluted them by waving his peaked cap. The Radetzky was decommissioned in 1918 and destroyed in 1924, although most of its relics were preserved. Between 1964 and 1966, On the occasion of the 90th anniversary of Hristo Botev's death, money was collected by 1 200 000 Bulgarian pupils on the initiative of the journalist Lilyana Lozanova, and the steamship was reconstructed based on the original design and technical data given by the ship's dyer Király József. The reconstructed Radetzky was officially opened as a museum ship on 30 May 1966 at Kozloduy. It is a composite of a 1953 soviet paddle tug, and pieces of the original Radetzky saved in 1918.
Photo: Adrian Gheorghe 7th April 2014
Text: Wikipedia
The Mountains
The mountains of Macedonia, two photos stitched together to make a panorama
Photo: Adrian Gheorghe 9th December 2012
Adrian crossed the entire country of Bulgaria, to Macedonia, to the border of those two countries, and saw these beautiful mountains in sunlight, in foggy weather, in winter, covered by snow, but very beautiful.
Photo: Adrian Gheorghe 9th December 2012
The Playground
This beautiful and very smart place for small children to play is in the middle of Sofia.
Photo: Adrian Gheorghe 11th November 2012
Even though there is all this wonderful equipment, this child (circled) finds more pleasure in climbing the tree rather than using the beautiful toys!
Photo: Adrian Gheorghe 11th November 2012
Kiss Me!
Adrian uses the ferry between Romania and Bulgaria regularly, over the Danube River, at Bechet-Oryahovo harbours, and he sees a lot of trucks on it, crossing the borders.
It seems to be a pleasant custom, in Europe, at least, to put a sign with the driver's name or nick-name in the front window of the truck, perhaps for publicity!
Yet here we have a strange use of this custom, with the stupid comment - "KIss Me!" Where, may I ask?
Photo: Adrian Gheorghe 12th August 2012
The Ghost Bus Station
This ghost bus station, Avtogara, from the small town of Oryahova is placed at one of the most important gates between Romania and Bulgaria, at an important crossing point over the Danube. This means many tourists pass through here on their way to many places in the whole of Bulgaria, such as Pleven, Sofia and so on.
Photo: Adrian Gheorghe 16th July 2012
While our Bulgarian friends are to be admired for the way in which they promote tourism in their country, with cheap prices, good quality of service and beautiful locations to visit, for these very reasons this ghost bus station needs to be repaired and become a beautiful gateway to the beautiful country of Bulgaria.
Photo: Adrian Gheorghe 16th July 2012
The Beautiful Church of Oryahovo, Bulgaria
This is a good example of how a very old church can be valued by the Bulgarian people, in the middle of the small town of Oryahovo, near the banks of the Danube, not far from the Romanian town of Bechet.
Photo: Adrian Gheorghe 16th July 2012
Perhaps when they see this, those who have the power and the position to protect and promote the beautiful churches of Oltenia will follow this model of restoration and preservation of important cultural monuments.
Photo: Adrian Gheorghe 16th July 2012
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