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List Of Bulgarian Architects
This is a list of notable Bulgarian architects: A–M * Victoria Angelova (1902–1947) * Alexander Georgiev Barov * Stancho Belkovski * Milka Bliznakov * Andrey Damyanov * Nikolay Diulgheroff * Kolyu Ficheto * Georgi Fingov * Konstantin Jovanović * Nikola Lazarov * Yordan Milanov * Petko Momchilov N–Z * Kamen Petkov * Josef Schnitter * Naum Torbov * Milenko Velev * Ivan Vasilyov See also * List of architects * List of Bulgarians {{European architects, state=collapsed * Bulgarian Architects An architect is a person who plans, designs and oversees the construction of buildings. To practice architecture means to provide services in connection with the design of buildings and the space within the site surrounding the buildings that h ...
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Bulgaria
Bulgaria (; bg, България, Bǎlgariya), officially the Republic of Bulgaria,, ) is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the eastern flank of the Balkans, and is bordered by Romania to the north, Serbia and North Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south, and the Black Sea to the east. Bulgaria covers a territory of , and is the sixteenth-largest country in Europe. Sofia is the nation's capital and largest city; other major cities are Plovdiv, Varna and Burgas. One of the earliest societies in the lands of modern-day Bulgaria was the Neolithic Karanovo culture, which dates back to 6,500 BC. In the 6th to 3rd century BC the region was a battleground for ancient Thracians, Persians, Celts and Macedonians; stability came when the Roman Empire conquered the region in AD 45. After the Roman state splintered, tribal invasions in the region resumed. Around the 6th century, these territories were settled by the early Slavs. The Bulg ...
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Petko Momchilov
Petko is a South Slavic (Петко) masculine given name and East Slavic (Петько) surname. It may refer to: Given name * Petko Petkov (other) *Petko Slaveykov (1827–1895), 19th-century Bulgarian poet, publicist, public figure and folklorist * Petko Staynov (1896–1977), Bulgarian composer and pianist *Petko Voyvoda (1844–1900), 19th-century Bulgarian revolutionary *Petko Yankov (born 1977), retired Bulgarian sprinter * Petko Karavelov (1843–1903), leading Bulgarian liberal politician *Petko Ilić (1886–1912), Serbian Chetnik Surname *Svetlana Petko Svetlana Petko (russian: Светлана Петько; born June 6, 1970) is a former international Russian football goalkeeper. She played for Lehenda Chernihiv, Interros Moskva and CSK VVS Samara throughout her career, winning four Russian l ... (born 1970), professional Russian football goalkeeper * Serhiy Petko (born 1994), professional Ukrainian football midfielder * Miroslav Petko (born 1995), professi ...
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Bulgarian Architects
Bulgarian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to the country of Bulgaria * Bulgarians, a South Slavic ethnic group * Bulgarian language, a Slavic language * Bulgarian alphabet * A citizen of Bulgaria, see Demographics of Bulgaria * Bulgarian culture * Bulgarian cuisine, a representative of the cuisine of Southeastern Europe See also * * List of Bulgarians, include * Bulgarian name, names of Bulgarians * Bulgarian umbrella, an umbrella with a hidden pneumatic mechanism * Bulgar (other) * Bulgarian-Serbian War (other) The term Bulgarian-Serbian War or Serbian-Bulgarian War may refer to: * Bulgarian-Serbian War (839-842) * Bulgarian-Serbian War (853) * Bulgarian-Serbian wars (917-924) * Bulgarian-Serbian War (1330) * Bulgarian-Serbian War (1885) * Bulgarian ... {{disambiguation Language and nationality disambiguation pages ...
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List Of Bulgarians
This is a list of famous or notable Bulgarians throughout history. Bulgarian monarchs * Kubrat * Batbayan * Asparukh of Bulgaria * Tervel of Bulgaria * Kormesiy of Bulgaria * Sevar of Bulgaria * Kormisosh of Bulgaria * Vinekh of Bulgaria * Telets of Bulgaria *Sabin of Bulgaria *Umor of Bulgaria *Toktu of Bulgaria * Pagan of Bulgaria * Telerig of Bulgaria * Kardam of Bulgaria * Krum of Bulgaria * Omurtag of Bulgaria * Malamir of Bulgaria * Presian of Bulgaria * Boris I Michael * Simeon the Great * Peter I of Bulgaria * Boris II of Bulgaria * Roman of Bulgaria * Samuil of Bulgaria * Gavril Radomir of Bulgaria * Ivan Vladislav of Bulgaria * Presian II of Bulgaria * Peter (II) Delyan of Bulgaria *Constantin Bodin (Peter (III)) * Ivan Asen I of Bulgaria * Peter IV of Bulgaria * Kaloyan of Bulgaria * Boril of Bulgaria * Ivan Asen II of Bulgaria * Kaliman I of Bulgaria * Michael Asen I of Bulgaria * Kaliman II of Bulgaria * Mitso Asen of Bulgaria *Constantine Tikh of Bulgaria * Michael ...
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List Of Architects
The following is a list of notable architects – well-known individuals with a large body of published work or notable structures, which point to an article in the English Wikipedia. Early architects * Aa ( Middle Kingdom), Egyptian * Amenhotep, son of Hapu (14th c. BC), Egyptian *Anthemius of Tralles (c. 474 – 533–558), Greek *Apollodorus of Damascus (2nd c. AD), Damascus *Aristobulus of Cassandreia (c. 375 – 301 BC), Greek *Callicrates (mid-5th c. BC), Greek *Hermodorus of Salamis (fl. 146–102 BC), Cypriot *Hippodamus of Miletus (498–408 BC), Greek * Ictinus (fl. mid-5th c. BC), Greek *Imhotep (fl. late 27th c. BC), Egyptian * Ineni (18th Dynasty of Egypt), Egyptian *Isidore of Miletus (6th c. AD), Byzantine Greek * Marcus Agrippa (63–12 BC), Roman * Mnesicles (mid-5th c. BC), Athenian * Rabirius (1st–2nd cc. AD), Roman * Senemut ( 18th Dynasty of Egypt), Egyptian *Vitruvius (c. 80–70 BC – post–15 BC), Roman *Yu Hao (喻皓, fl 970), Chinese *Narasimhav ...
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Ivan Vasilyov
Ivan Vasilyov ( bg, Иван Васильов) was a Bulgarian architect, born in 1893, deceased in 1979. Together with Dimitar Tsolov, they established one of the most successful Bulgarian architectural studios called Vasilyov-Tsolov. Many of the landmarks of Sofia are their works, most notably SS. Cyril and Methodius National Library (1940-1953), St Nedelya Church, Sofia (1929), Sofia University Library (1932), Bulgarian National Bank headquarters (1939) and Ministry of Defence (Bulgaria), The Ministry of Defence headquarters (1939-1945). In 2010, in their honor, a commemorative plaque was affixed to the National Library. Biography and Career Born as Ivan Tsokov Vasilyov on 28 February 1893 in the town of Oryahovo, Bulgaria. In 1911, after completing high school in Sofia, he went to Munich to study painting. In 1914, Vasilyov started his education in architecture in the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology where he graduated in 1919. After returning to Bulgaria, he worked in ...
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Milenko Velev
Milenko Stefanov Velev ( Bulgarian: Миленко Стефанов Велев), known as Master Milenko and Milenko Radomirets was a builder and architect from the time of the Bulgarian Renaissance. Biography The master was born in the end of the 18th century in Blateshnitsa, Radomir district in Bulgaria. In 1859 he signed a letter, addressed to the Zograf Monastery as Milenko Blateshnitski. He is a renowned builder in Mount Athos and in Southwest Bulgaria as well. He builds mainly churches and residential buildings, but he has been also charged with state building projects. One of those was the bridge on Struma river near the city of Boboshevo. Among his works are the churches “St. Nikolas” in Balanovo (1844), “St. Nikolas” in Dupnitsa (1844), “St. Petka” in Tran (1853), “St. Mary” in Boboshevo (1853), “St. Elijah” in Granitsa (1857). In the last village he has built the famous “ Granitski House” - a residential fortified tower. The most notorio ...
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Naum Torbov
Naum Torbov ( bg, Наум Торбов) (1880-1952) was a Bulgarian architect. Biography Torbov was born on 18 November 1880 in Gopesh village in the Ottoman Macedonia. His family emigrated to the Principality of Bulgaria and settled in the town of Oryahovo. Naum enrolled in architecture at the National University of Arts in Bucharest, Romania, and he graduated in 1904. After the studies he came back to Bulgaria and started working at the Ministry of Public Buildings and Roads. In 1906 Torbov was appointed to the post of head of the department of architecture by the Sofia municipality. In 1908 he started his private practice. Naum Torbov was a follower of the national romantic stream in architecture. More than a hundred public, residential and industrial buildings are constructed by his projects in the towns of Sofia, Oryahovo, Silistra, Botevgrad, Mezdra Mezdra ( bg, Мездра ) is a town in northwestern Bulgaria, part of Vratsa Province. It is located on the left bank o ...
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Josef Schnitter
Josef Schnitter ( bg, Йосиф Шнитер, ''Yosif Shniter''; 16 October 1852–26 April 1914) was a Czech–Bulgarian architect, engineer and geodesist credited with shaping the modern appearance of Plovdiv, Bulgaria's second-largest city. Schnitter was born in the small town of Nový Bydžov in Bohemia, Austrian Empire (today in the Czech Republic). He graduated from the University of Technology's Faculty of Construction in the imperial capital Vienna and then moved to the Russian Empire, where he converted to the Eastern Orthodox Church. Schnitter arrived in Bulgaria during the Russo-Turkish War of 1877–1878 and assisted the Imperial Russian Army as an engineer, designing the pontoon bridges used in the crossing of the Danube and the fortification equipment employed by the Russians in the Siege of Plevna. Schnitter was injured at Pleven and received a sabre from General Eduard Totleben, who commanded the siege, as a recognition of his contribution to the siege's success. ...
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Kamen Petkov
Kamen Petkov (Bulgarian: Камен Петков, 1863–1945) was a Bulgarian architect based in Plovdiv, Bulgaria. Biography Arch. Kamen Petkov was born in 1863 in the small village Beloptichene (today Ruzhintsi) Belogradchishko, son of Petko Simeonov. After completing high school in Vratsa, completed his military service and worked for several years as a teacher. He had a desire to study in the Academy of Arts. At that time, scholarships for this school not leave because it was considered that Bulgaria it need more builders – engineers and architects. Thus, in 1892, Kamen Petkov goes to study architecture as a government scholar at the Polytechnic of Karlsruhe, Germany, where he graduated in 1896. After graduation, he returned to Bulgaria and began working in Vratsa, Vidin and some time in Sofia where together with the artist Alexander Bozhilov and other take part in the Circle "Bulgaria". In 1898 he moved to Plovdiv, loves the city and worked there for 47 years until ...
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Yordan Milanov
Yordan Milanov ( bg, Йордан Миланов; 1867–1932) was a Bulgarian architect. Milanov was one of the leading Bulgarian architects from the late 19th and early 20th centuries.Sofia municipality web site
His works are among the most popular landmarks of the city centar of , most notably St. Sedmochislenitsi Church and the Synodal Palace which were both designed in cooperation with

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Victoria Angelova
Victoria Angelova Vinarova (sometimes written Viktoria Angelova, bg, Виктория Ангелова-Винарова, 1902–1947) was one of the first female architects of Bulgaria. She is credited with having built the first modern, national art gallery in the Balkans. Biography Victoria Angelova was born on 20 November 1902 in Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria to Vasil Angelov, a merchant who had been educated in England. He named his daughter after Queen Victoria in homage. She graduated from the Vienna University of Technology and the Dresden Polytechnic in 1924, seven years after Maria Luisa Doseva-Georgieva earned her license. At the age of 24, she returned to Sofia and was working as an intern at the Ministry of Public Works when she won a contest for her first major commission. In 1933, Angelova married a fellow architect, Boris Vinarov and they set up a practice in Sofia. Angelova worked during a period when most public projects were awarded after competitions which were open ...
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