The town of Dobrich - a photo gallery


The town of Dobrich - a photo gallery

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We have selected a wide range of 40 photos for this gallery to introduce Dobrich, Bulgaria.

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The town of Dobrich is situated in the Danube Hilly Plain upon the Dobrouja Plateau, which is characterized by flat hills and wide valleys. The town is only 45 km from Airport Varna. Dobrich is the second largest economic centre in Northeast Bulgaria. The region is windy, with only one day in 10 being of calm weather. The prevailing winds are from the northwest, with a higher velocity of the winter winds and a lower velocity of the summer winds.

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According to data from the 1992 census, the municipality's population was 119,814. Archaeologists have determined that there was human presence on the territory of Dobrich in antiquity and early middle ages. During the 17th through 19th centuries, the town developed as a crafts, commercial and agricultural center.

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The town was liberated from Ottoman oppression on 27 January, 1878 and was renamed to Dobrich (after the medieval Dobrouja ruler Dobrotitsa) by a princely decree of February 2, 1882 (Bulgaria was a principality then). The Day of the town of Dobrich is celebrated on 25 September, because on this date in 1940 the Rumanian occupation of South Dobrouja was ended and the Bulgarian army entered Dobrich. The town bore the name of the Soviet Marshal Tolbouhin for several decades during the Communist rule. The name Dobrich was restored with a decree of the President of September 19, 1990. Today, Dobrich is one of the ten largest towns in Bulgaria - am important cultural, economic and administrative centre in the northeast economic region of the country.

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Visiting in Dobrich, you are most likely to spend much of your time in the open-air architectural and ethnographic museum “The Old Dobrich”, which shows tourists the typical architecture, way of life and economic past of the town during the late 19th century and beginning of the 20th century. Skilled craftsmen present the manufacturing process of the traditional Bulgarian crafts including tailoring, knitting, wood turnery, goldsmith's craft, etc. Esprcially attractive is the opportunity to participate in the making of pottery and you must remember to visit the cafe and taste the traditional white jam.