Bulgarian architecture

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Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 55. Chapters: Buildings and structures in Bulgaria, Bulgarian architects, Churches in Bulgaria, Gothic Revival architecture in Bulgaria, Moorish Revival architecture in Bulgaria, Neo-Byzantine architecture in Bulgaria, Neoclassical architecture in Bulgaria, Round Church, Preslav, Bulgarian Orthodox Church, Architecture of the Tarnovo Artistic School, Burgas-Alexandroupoli pipeline, Lopushna Monastery, Church of St Nicholas, Melnik, Church of St Demetrius, Patalenitsa, Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, Sofia, Saint George's Church, Gavril Genovo, Church of St John the Baptist, Asenovgrad, List of tallest structures in Bulgaria, Belovo Basilica, Red Church, Josef Schnitter, Nikolay Diulgheroff, Konstantin Jovanovic, AMBO pipeline, Church of the Assumption, Church of Saints Peter and Paul, Nikopol, Church of St Demetrius of Thessaloniki, Veliko Tarnovo, Shipka, Kamen Petkov, Elenska Basilica, Nikola Lazarov, Holy Forty Martyrs Church, Veliko Tarnovo, Andrey Damyanov, Georgi Fingov, Rock-hewn Churches of Ivanovo, Boris Dramov, Dohodno Zdanie, Sofia Synagogue, Friedrich Grünanger, Dormition of the Theotokos Church, Targovishte, Asenova krepost, Great Basilica, Pliska, Church of Saints Peter and Paul, Veliko Tarnovo, Viktor Rumpelmayer, St. John of Rila Church, Targovishte, Naum Torbov, Church of the Holy Trinity, Svishtov, Central Sofia Market Hall, Kolyu Ficheto, Bulgarian National Bank, Hermann skorpil, Boris Georgiev City Art Gallery, Svetlin Rusev Donative Exhibition, St Paul of the Cross Cathedral, Milenko Velev, Chaira Hydro Power Plant, Church of the Holy Mother of God, Panagyurishte, Kardzhali Hydroelectric Power Station, St George the Conqueror Chapel Mausoleum, Belmeken Hydro Power Plant, Momina Klisura Hydroelectric Power Station, Orphey Hydroelectric Power Station, Sestrimo Hydro Power Plant, House of Humour and Satire, Devin Hydro Power Plant, Krichim Hydro Power Plant, Church of St George, Panagyurishte, Dobrin Wind Farm, Peshtera Hydroelectric Power Station, Teshel Hydro Power Plant, Aleko Hydro Power Plant, List of architects from Bulgaria. Excerpt: The Round Church (Bulgarian: , Kragla tsarkva), also known as the Golden Church (¿¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿, Zlatna tsarkva) or the Church of St John (¿¿¿¿¿¿ "¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿", tsarkva "Sveti Yoan"), is a large partially preserved early medieval Eastern Orthodox church. It lies in Preslav, the former capital of the First Bulgarian Empire, today a town in northeastern Bulgaria. The church dates to the early 10th century, the time of Tsar Simeon I's rule and was unearthed and first archaeologically examined in 1927-1928. Considered to be one of the most impressive examples of medieval Bulgarian architecture, the Round Church takes its name from the distinctive shape of one of its three sections, the cella (naos), which is a rotunda that serves as a place of liturgy. The church's design also includes a wide atrium and a rectangular entrance area, or narthex, marked by two circular turrets. The church has been likened to examples of religious architecture from the late Roman (Early Christian) period, the Caucasus, and the Carolingian Pre-Romanesque of Charlemagne because of its characteristic plan, which is significantly different from contemporaneous Bulgarian or Byzantine buildings. The church's alternative name, the Golden Church, stems from its possible and popular identification with a "new golden church" in Preslav referenced in a medieval literary source. The Round Church's r...