The Christian Orthodox have always been a huge part of the ancient city of Nessebar in Bulgaria. As a matter of fact, Nessebar was the very center of the Orthodox Church between the 13th and the 19th centuries. Nowadays 250 icons, or paintings of Jesus Christ, the Virgin Mary, prophets, apostles, evangelists, and numerous saints or angels, have survived. When the Ottoman Empire took control of Bulgaria, Nessebar was ab
Not to confuse Zanzibar of Tanzania, the other ancient city of Nessebar in Bulgaria is spelled with an N, not a Z. However, if I didn’t know any better or hadn’t visited this stone city in Africa, I probably could pass those two for the same place.
Zanzibar is an ancient city of winding and narrow streets paved with cobbles situated in the Indian Ocean. The walls of the c
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