Zagore
Zagore may refer to: * Zagore (region) (also Zagora, Zagorie, Zagoriya), a region in medieval Bulgaria * , a village Mošćenička Draga Municipality, Primorje-Gorski Kotar County, Croatia * , a village Stara Zagora Municipality, Stara Zagora Province, Bulgaria * , a region in Bulgaria See also * * Zagorë, a village Shkrel Municipality, Malësi e Madhe District, Shkodër County, Albania * Zagora (other) * Zagori (other) * Zagorje (other) * Záhorie Záhorie ( hu, Erdőhát) is a region in western Slovakia between by the Little Carpathians to the east and the Morava (river), Morava River to the west. Although not an administrative region, it is one of the List of tourism regions of Slovakia, ...

Zagore (region)
Zagore ( bg, Загоре ), also Zagorie (), Zagora (), or Zagoriya (), was a vaguely defined medieval region in what is now Bulgaria. Its name is of Slavic origin and means "beyond .e. south ofthe alkanmountains". The region was first mentioned as Ζαγόρια in Greek (in an Old Bulgarian translation it was rendered as Загорїа) when it was ceded to the First Bulgarian Empire by the Byzantine Empire during the rule of Tervel of Bulgaria in the very beginning of the 8th century ( Byzantine–Bulgarian Treaty of 716). From the context, Zagore can be defined as a region in northeastern Thrace. During the Second Bulgarian Empire, the region was also mentioned in Tsar Ivan Asen II of Bulgaria's post-1230 Dubrovnik Charter, which allowed Ragusan merchants to trade in the Bulgarian lands, among which "the whole Zagore" (пѡ всемѹ Загѡриѹ). A 14th-century Venetian documents refer to Zagora as a synonym for Bulgaria (e.g. ''partes del Zagora, subditas Dobro ...
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Stara Zagora
Stara Zagora ( bg, Стара Загора, ) is the sixth-largest city in Bulgaria, and the administrative capital of the homonymous Stara Zagora Province. Name The name comes from the Slavic root ''star'' ("old") and the name of the medieval region of Zagore ("beyond the alkanmountains" in Slavic) The original name was Beroe, which was changed to Ulpia Augusta Traiana by the Romans. From the 6th century the city was called Vereja and, from 784, Irenopolis (Greek: Ειρηνούπολις) in honour of the Byzantine empress Irene of Athens. In the Middle Ages it was called Boruj by the Bulgarians and later, Železnik. The Turks called it Eski Hisar (old fort) and Eski Zagra, from which its current name derives, assigned in 1871. History The original Thracian settlement dates from the 5-4th century BC when it was called Beroe or Beroia. The city was founded by Philip II of Macedon in 342 BC. Under the Roman Empire, the city was renamed ''Ulpia Augusta Traiana'' in ho ...
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Zagora (other)
Zagora may refer to: Places Africa *Zagora, Morocco *Zagora Province, Morocco * Mount Zagora, a mountain in south-eastern Morocco Asia * Zagora (Paphlagonia), a town of ancient Paphlagonia Europe *Zagora, Greece, a village in Thessaly, Greece *Dalmatian Zagora, a region in Croatia * Zagóra (other), several places in Poland *Zagore (region), an area in Bulgaria **Stara Zagora, a city in Bulgaria **Nova Zagora, a city in Bulgaria * Zagora, Kanal ob Soči, a village in the Municipality of Kanal ob Soči, western Slovenia * Zagora, Krapina-Zagorje County, a village near Krapina, Croatia *, a village near Trebinje, Bosnia and Herzegovina Other uses *Zagora (horse) (born 2007), thoroughbred racehorse * ''Zagora'' (Loose Ends album), an album by R&B band Loose Ends See also * *Zagori (other) * Zagore (other) *Zagorje (other) *Záhorie Záhorie ( hu, Erdőhát) is a region in western Slovakia between by the Little Carpathians to the ea ...
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Zagorë
Zagorë ( /zagoɹə/) is a settlement in the former Shkrel municipality of Shkodër County in the north of Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became part of the municipality Malësi e Madhe Malësi e Madhe () is a municipality in Shkodër County, in northwestern Albania. The municipality consists of the administrative units of Gruemirë Gruemirë is a former municipality in the Shkodër County, northwestern Albania. At the 2 .... References Shkrel Populated places in Malësi e Madhe Villages in Shkodër County {{Malësi e Madhe div ...
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Zagori (other)
Zagori is a municipality and a region in Epirus, Greece. Zagori may also refer to: * Zagori, Albania, an ex municipality in southern Albania * Zagoria (newspaper), a newspaper published in Albania * Donald S. Zagoria (born 1928), American author See also * * Zagora (other) * Zagore (other) * Zagorje (other) * Záhorie Záhorie ( hu, Erdőhát) is a region in western Slovakia between by the Little Carpathians to the east and the Morava (river), Morava River to the west. Although not an administrative region, it is one of the List of tourism regions of Slovakia, ...

Zagorje (other)
Zagorje may refer to: Places *Zagori, a mountainous region in Epirus (Greece and Albania) ;Bosnia and Herzegovina * Zagorje (Posušje), a village in Bosnia and Herzegovina ;Croatia *Zagorje, Ogulin, a village in Karlovac County * Zagorje, Krnjak, a village near Krnjak in Karlovac County * Zagorje, Kršan, a village in Istria County *Hrvatsko Zagorje ("Croatian Zagorje"), a region in northern Croatia ;Kosovo * Zogaj-Zagorje, a village in Kosovo ;Montenegro * Zagorje, Berane Municipality ;Slovenia *Municipality of Zagorje ob Savi, a municipality in Slovenia **Zagorje ob Savi, the administrative centre *Zagorje, Pivka, a village in Slovenia * Zagorje, Kozje, a village in Slovenia *Zagorje, Sveti Tomaž, a village in Slovenia Other uses *NK Zagorje, a Slovenian football club See also * *Krapina-Zagorje County, in Croatia * Zagore (other) *Zagora (other) *Zagori (other) *Záhorie Záhorie ( hu, Erdőhát) is a region in western Slovakia between by ...
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Mošćenička Draga
Mošćenička Draga ( it, Draga di Moschiena) is municipality in Primorje-Gorski Kotar County, Croatia. It has 1,535 inhabitants, 90.7% of which are Croats. It is situated southwest of Opatija under Mt. Učka. Settlements The centre of the municipality is the former fishing village of Mošćenička Draga which is today a tourist resort with two beaches, small marina and walking paths. Above Mošćenička Draga there is the hilltop town of Mošćenice. Other settlements in the municipality are: * Brseč Brseč ( it, Bersezio) is a village in western Croatia. It is part of Mošćenička Draga municipality in Primorje-Gorski Kotar County. The village is located on the steep, eastern shore of the Istrian peninsula, on cliffs high above the Kvarner ... * Cesare * Donje Selo * Donji Kraj * Golovik * Gornji Kraj * Grabrova * Gradac * Kalac * Martina * Obrš * Potoki * Prem * Rovini * Selce * Sučići * Sveta Jelena * Sveti Anton * Sveti Petar * Trebišća Gallery File:Moscenic ...
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