Great Preslav

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Great Preslav was the medieval capital of the First Bulgarian Empire and a major cultural and political center in the Balkans during the 9th–10th centuries.

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf former capital city ⓘ
medieval city ⓘ
archaeologicalSite Great Preslav Archaeological Reserve ⓘ
associatedRuler Simeon I the Great ⓘ
associatedWith Bulgarian Golden Age ⓘ
capitalOf First Bulgarian Empire ⓘ
capitalPeriodEnd 971 ⓘ
capitalPeriodStart 893 ⓘ
capturedBy Byzantine Empire ⓘ
captureYear 971 ⓘ
cityType fortified capital ⓘ
country First Bulgarian Empire ⓘ
culturalInfluence Slavic Orthodox world ⓘ
developedUnderRuler Simeon I of Bulgaria ⓘ
era First Bulgarian Empire ⓘ
flourishedInCentury 10th century ⓘ
9th century ⓘ
foundedBy Boris I of Bulgaria ⓘ
hasFeature ceramic decoration ⓘ
royal and patriarchal residences ⓘ
stone and brick architecture ⓘ
hasLandmark Round Church of Preslav ⓘ
fortified city walls ⓘ
imperial palace complex ⓘ
heritageStatus important medieval archaeological site in Bulgaria ⓘ
knownFor Old Church Slavonic literature ⓘ
Preslav Literary School ⓘ
linked to: Great Preslav

development of the Cyrillic script ⓘ
languageUsed Old Church Slavonic ⓘ
linked to: Church Slavonic
locatedIn Balkans ⓘ
Bulgaria ⓘ
locatedInPresentDay northeastern Bulgaria ⓘ
modernCountry Republic of Bulgaria ⓘ
linked to: Bulgaria
nearModernSettlement Veliki Preslav ⓘ
linked to: Great Preslav
nearRiver Kamchiya River basin ⓘ
partOf First Bulgarian Empire ⓘ
predecessorCapital Pliska ⓘ
region historical region of Moesia ⓘ
religion Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ
religiousBuildingType Orthodox churches ⓘ
role cultural center of the First Bulgarian Empire ⓘ
political center of the First Bulgarian Empire ⓘ
scriptUsed Cyrillic ⓘ
linked to: Cyrillic script

Glagolitic ⓘ
linked to: Glagolitic script
successorCapital Ohrid ⓘ
Skopje ⓘ
timePeriod Middle Ages ⓘ

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Referenced by (16)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Preslav → knownAs → Great Preslav ⓘ
Preslav → knownAs → Veliki Preslav ⓘ
linked to: Great Preslav
Preslav → associatedWith → Preslav Literary School ⓘ
linked to: Great Preslav
Simeon I of Bulgaria → patronage → Preslav Literary School ⓘ
linked to: Great Preslav
Tarnovo Literary School → influencedBy → Preslav Literary School ⓘ
linked to: Great Preslav
Great Preslav → knownFor → Preslav Literary School ⓘ
linked to: Great Preslav
Great Preslav → nearModernSettlement → Veliki Preslav ⓘ
linked to: Great Preslav
Round Church of Preslav → partOf → archaeological reserve Veliki Preslav ⓘ
linked to: Great Preslav
Archaeological Museum Veliki Preslav → locatedIn → Veliki Preslav ⓘ
linked to: Great Preslav
Archaeological Museum Veliki Preslav → namedAfter → Veliki Preslav ⓘ
linked to: Great Preslav
Pliska–Preslav culture → coreSites → Veliki Preslav ⓘ
linked to: Great Preslav
Shumen Province → hasCity → Veliki Preslav ⓘ
linked to: Great Preslav
Shumen Province → hasHistoricalSite → Veliki Preslav archaeological reserve ⓘ
linked to: Great Preslav
Maria Lekapene → court → Bulgarian imperial court at Preslav ⓘ
linked to: Great Preslav
Diocese of Varna and Veliki Preslav → namedAfter → Veliki Preslav ⓘ
linked to: Great Preslav
Metropolitan of Varna and Veliki Preslav → region → Veliki Preslav ⓘ
linked to: Great Preslav