Bulgaria and some interesting facts, history and Veliko Tirnovo

• —The oldest golden treasure in the world was discovered in Bulgaria (the Varna Necropolis) - it is 6,500 years old.

From a burial mound location in Bulgaria, with some of the world's oldest gold jewelry

From a burial mound location in Bulgaria, with some of the world's oldest gold jewelry

• —Founded in 632, Bulgaria is the contemporary country in Europe with earliest internationally recognized independence (635 AD).
• —The birthplace of the Cyrillic alphabet, the second most widely used alphabet in the world.
• —The inventor of the electronic digital computer John Atanasoff is of Bulgarian descent.
• —In its modern history Bulgaria never lost a flag, captured by an enemy army.
• —The country produces half of the rose oil in the world.
• In many agricultural productions per capita, the country is among the top 10 in the world (tomatoes, peppers, tobacco, sunflower seed, lavender, strawberries and others)
• —A developer of the combined oral contraceptive pill, Carl Djerassi is of Bulgarian descent.
• —World's first digital wristwatch was developed by the Bulgarian Peter Petroff.

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