Illustrated longreads
Bilingual stories on Plovdiv, built from the events, places, archive images and public sources in Open Plovdiv.
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Archive images from the Chirpan earthquake and damage in Plovdiv show how disaster becomes evidence for urban vulnerability and recovery.
8 min read
A story on Plovdiv's earliest layers, where terrain, Nebet Tepe and the names Eumolpias/Philippopolis help trace the shift from settlement to city.
9 min read
1999 and 2019 show how Plovdiv used cultural programmes, venues and European frameworks to tell its story to a wider public.
8 min read
From the first agricultural and industrial exhibition in 1892 to the postwar revival of the fair, Plovdiv built a public image as a city of exchange and economy.
7 min read
Plovdiv's medieval history is a story of changing rule, names and borders. This story keeps uncertainty visible and rests on existing chronological records.
8 min read
A story on the specialized Old Plovdiv administration, Lamartine House and how restoration turned the quarter into a public historical stage.
8 min read
Dzhumaya Mosque, baths, dervish spaces and clock-tower traces show how the Ottoman layer remains part of Plovdiv's urban topography.
9 min read
The Old Town, school buildings and churches show how Revival architecture and education reshaped urban memory.
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The Ancient Theatre, Stadium and Forum show how Philippopolis/Trimontium worked as a Roman city of public spaces, spectacle and urban infrastructure.
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After 1944, Plovdiv is described through public works, higher education, the fair and five-year city plans, but older lev figures must be read carefully.
8 min read
The 1885 Unification, early mayoral terms and Unification Square show how a political event becomes part of civic identity.