Place InfoPropertiesHotelsPostal codesPhone codesPopulationCoordinatesDistancesArea sizesPhoto GalleryVideo & WebcamsNewsSchoolsThe town of Veliki Preslav (Shumen district) is situated on either banks of the Ticha River shortly before it flows into the Golyama Kamchia River. It is 365 km northeast of Sofia, 19 km southwest of Shoumen, 25 km south-east of Turgovishte, 23 km north-west of Smyadovo, and 37 km north-east of Vurbitsa. It is successor of the second capital of Asparuh`s state bearing the same name - imposing ruins are to be found 2 km south of the present day town. Veliki Preslav was the capital of the Bulgarian kingdom from 893 (in this year Tsar Simeon move the capital from Pliska to Preslav) until 969 in the epoch of its supreme might and in the boom of Old Bulgarian culture (the so-called Golden Age). The town has bus and railway transport. There are regular bus lines to Shoumen, Turgovishte, Vurbitsa, Smyadovo, and other smaller villages in the region. The bus station is in the central part of the town . The town is the final railway station on the Khan Kroum-Veliki Preslav railway line that connects it with the main line Sofia - Gorna Oryahovitsa - Varna and in this way with the national railway system.
Town of Veliki Preslav
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