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Poduyane
Poduyane ( bg, Подуяне ) or Poduene ( ) is a residential complex and a district of Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria with 85,996 inhabitants. It is located in the northeastern outskirts of the city and is divided into microregions. Poduyane consists of the neighbourhoods Suhata Reka, Hadzhi Dimitar, Poduyane, Stefan Karadzha, Levski, Levski-G, Levski-V. A former village, it was incoroparted in 1895. The district's holiday is celebrated on 1 June. History Poduene was first mentioned in 1453 as ''Poduyani''. The name is derived from the word ''poduy'', an adjective from ''pod'' ("soil") with the now-unproductive suffix ''–uy''. In that case ''poduy'' was a geographical term referring to a high flat country or a plain country at the foot of a hill. Poduene was the first village to be included within the city of Sofia in 1895 and was mentioned in the Elin Pelin works. In 1920s the neighbourhoods of Suha Reka and Hadzhi Dimitar were established and experienced a quick populati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Poduene (neighbourhood)
Poduyane ( bg, Подуяне ) or Poduene ( ) is a residential complex and a district of Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria with 85,996 inhabitants. It is located in the northeastern outskirts of the city and is divided into microregions. Poduyane consists of the neighbourhoods Suhata Reka, Hadzhi Dimitar, Poduyane, Stefan Karadzha, Levski, Levski-G, Levski-V. A former village, it was incoroparted in 1895. The district's holiday is celebrated on 1 June. History Poduene was first mentioned in 1453 as ''Poduyani''. The name is derived from the word ''poduy'', an adjective from ''pod'' ("soil") with the now-unproductive suffix ''–uy''. In that case ''poduy'' was a geographical term referring to a high flat country or a plain country at the foot of a hill. Poduene was the first village to be included within the city of Sofia in 1895 and was mentioned in the Elin Pelin works. In 1920s the neighbourhoods of Suha Reka and Hadzhi Dimitar were established and experienced a quick populati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Poduene
Poduyane ( bg, Подуяне ) or Poduene ( ) is a residential complex and a district of Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria with 85,996 inhabitants. It is located in the northeastern outskirts of the city and is divided into microregions. Poduyane consists of the neighbourhoods Suhata Reka, Hadzhi Dimitar, Poduyane, Stefan Karadzha, Levski, Levski-G, Levski-V. A former village, it was incoroparted in 1895. The district's holiday is celebrated on 1 June. History Poduene was first mentioned in 1453 as ''Poduyani''. The name is derived from the word ''poduy'', an adjective from ''pod'' ("soil") with the now-unproductive suffix ''–uy''. In that case ''poduy'' was a geographical term referring to a high flat country or a plain country at the foot of a hill. Poduene was the first village to be included within the city of Sofia in 1895 and was mentioned in the Elin Pelin works. In 1920s the neighbourhoods of Suha Reka and Hadzhi Dimitar were established and experienced a quick populati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Poduyane Railway Station
Poduyane railway station ( bg, Железопътна гара Подуяне) is the second largest railway station in Sofia, Bulgaria, after Sofia Central Station The Sofia Central Railway Station ( bg, Централна железопътна гара София, translit=Tsentralna zhelezopatna gara Sofiya) is the main passenger railway station of Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria, as well as the largest r .... It is located in Poduyane district and lies between Sitnyakovo Boulevard and General Danail Nikolaev Boulevard. The station building dates from 1930 and was mostly unchanged until its restoration in 2020. Transport links * Tramway service: lines 20, 22 * Bus service: lines 11, 72, 75, 305, 404, 413 References Railway stations in Sofia Railway stations opened in 1930 {{Bulgaria-struct-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sofia
Sofia ( ; bg, София, Sofiya, ) is the capital and largest city of Bulgaria. It is situated in the Sofia Valley at the foot of the Vitosha mountain in the western parts of the country. The city is built west of the Iskar river, and has many mineral springs, such as the Sofia Central Mineral Baths. It has a humid continental climate. Being in the centre of the Balkans, it is midway between the Black Sea and the Adriatic Sea, and closest to the Aegean Sea. Known as Serdica in Antiquity and Sredets in the Middle Ages, Sofia has been an area of human habitation since at least 7000 BC. The recorded history of the city begins with the attestation of the conquest of Serdica by the Roman Republic in 29 BC from the Celtic tribe Serdi. During the decline of the Roman Empire, the city was raided by Huns, Visigoths, Avars and Slavs. In 809, Serdica was incorporated into the Bulgarian Empire by Khan Krum and became known as Sredets. In 1018, the Byzantines ended Bulgarian rule ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Perlovska
Perlovska river ( bg, Перловска река) is a small river in the Sofia Valley in western Bulgaria. The river is only long. It takes its source from the foothills of Vitosha, runs through Sofia's South Park, separates the two lanes of Evlogi Georgiev Boulevard, runs through the neighbourhood Poduyane, and finally flows into the Iskar River. The well-known Orlov Most Eagles' Bridge ( bg, Орлов мост, ''Orlov most'' ) is a bridge over the Perlovska River in downtown Sofia, capital of Bulgaria.''Travel Sofia: Illustrated Guide, Phrasebook and Maps'', MobileReference, 2010 The bridge and junction where it ... is built over this river. Geographical characteristics Perlovska springs from the villa zone of Dragalevtsi, crosses the Ring Road, connects the new neighborhoods, parallel to Bulgaria Boulevard, and then crosses the South Park. Under the Bulgaria Boulevard, the Boyana River flows into it and both go out into the open at Evlogi and Hristo Georgievi Blvd. From ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Poduene Glacier
Poduene Glacier ( bg, ледник Подуене, lednik Poduene, ) is the 3.3 km long and 2.4 km wide glacier on Pefaur (Ventimiglia) Peninsula, Danco Coast on the west side of Antarctic Peninsula, situated west of Agalina Glacier. It drains the north slopes of Mount Zeppelin, and flows northwestwards into Gerlache Strait east of Eckener Point. The glacier is named after the settlement of Poduene in Western Bulgaria, now part of the city of Sofia. Location Poduene Glacier is centred at . British British may refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * British people, nationals or natives of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories, and Crown Dependencies. ** Britishness, the British identity and common culture * British English, ... mapping in 1978. Maps * British Antarctic Territory. Scale 1:200000 topographic map. DOS 610 Series, Sheet W 64 60. Directorate of Overseas Surveys, Tolworth, UK, 1978. Antarctic Digital Database (ADD).Scale 1:250000 top ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stefan Karadzha (neighbourhood)
Stefan Karadzha ( bg, Стефан Караджа, ; 11 May 1840 – 31 July 1868) was a Bulgarian revolutionary from the national liberation movement and a cheta leader. He attempted to start a rebellion against the Ottoman Empire. Life He was born as Stefan Todorov Dimov () in the village of Ichme (now ''Stefan Karadzhovo''), near Yambol in Rumelia, and was reputedly a descendant of Momchil Voyvoda. Karadzha studied in Tulcea, Dobruja, but quit school due to lack of funding. During a wedding celebration, he defeated the famous Turkish wrestler Gaazi Plisa. Going in hiding for some time, as Ottoman authorities were searching for him, he then emigrated to Principality of Romania and later joined the First Bulgarian Legion in Belgrade, Principality of Serbia. Karadzha crossed the Danube from Wallachia a couple of times, carrying out revolutionary tasks. In 1867, he joined the Second Bulgarian Legion, which he quit the following year before returning to Romania, wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hadzhi Dimitar (neighbourhood)
Dimitar Nikolov Asenov ( bg, Димитър Николов Асенов ; 10 May 1840 – 10 August 1868), better known as Hadzhi Dimitar ( ), was one of the most prominent Bulgarian voivode and revolutionaries working for the Liberation of Bulgaria from Ottoman rule. Biography Early life Dimitar was born in Sliven (İslimiye), which was then part of the Ottoman Empire, to the family of the merchant Nikola Asenov and his wife Marinka Asenova. When he was two years old, his family went on a pilgrimage to Jerusalem, from which point onward, Dimitar was considered to be a hajji (хаджия).Although the term ''hajji'' suggests the pilgrimage of a Muslim person to Mecca, it was also widely used by Christians in the Ottoman Empire to refer to a Christian who has completed a pilgrimage to Jerusalem. Its status as an honorific title remained unchanged. During Hadzhi Stavri's Uprising of 1862 Hadzhi Dimitar wandered through the Balkan Mountains with a band of revolutionaries for t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
