Ancient Hungarian architecture began centuries ago when the Hungarian conquerors arrived in the Carpathian Basin. The characteristics of ancient Hungarian architecture can be found in archaeological finds, building ruins, old villages, and towns. In ancient Hungarian architecture, wood was one of the most important building materials. Hungarians settled in wooded areas, so wood was easily …
Kukeri tradition symbolizes the departure of winter and the return of new life with the arrival of warm days and is one of the oldest in the Bulgarian lands and dates back to 6000 years ago. In the time of the Thracians, it was celebrated in the days of the ancient Greek god of wine …
Eastern Thrace is an area of great geopolitical importance and a center of great culture throughout the centuries. It includes the areas of Raidestos, Adrianoupolis, Saranda Ekklisies, Tsanakale and Constantinople. Today, with the Treaty of Constantinople in 1913 and the Treaty of Lausanne in 1923, the region was annexed to the Turkish state and its …
On the 16th of September Romanians celebrate 187 years since the creation of the first Romanian Leu (In translation: Lion). The leu becomes officially the National Romanian Currency on the 16th of September 1835, when Alexandru Ghica, ruler of Vallachia, establishes the Leu, equivalent of 60 parale as a National coin. At that time, Romania …
