Year XXII, Issue 4, 2014<<Archive>>
From Antiquity to Nowаdаys
JEWISH COMMUNITIES IN SOUTHERN ITALY DURING THE MIDDLE AGES (JEWISH PRESENCE IN APULIA – VII – XII CENTURY)
The topic of the article is the history of the Jews of Apulia. Their communities in such cities as Oria, Taranto, Bari and Trani reached a highpoint during the Midle Ages. Toleration of the Jews in Apulia came to end when the Apulia, as well as other parts of...
Jews, Apulia, Southern Italy, Medieval History
THE REAL “BULGARIAN CONNECTION”. BULGARIAN – VATICAN RELATIONS FROM JOHN XXIII TO JOHN PAUL II (1958 – 2005)
The relations between Bulgaria and the Vatican were shadowed in the collective consciousness by the so-called “Bulgarian connection” in the assassination attempt against Pope John Paul II. During his visit to Bulgaria in the spring of 2002, the Pope said he di...
Bulgaria, the Vatican, Slavic Apostles Cyril and Methodius
Guаrdiаns of thе Меmory
A PILLAR OF THE TRADITIONAL CULTURE
The article briefly reviews the history of the Regional Ethnographic Museum –Plovdiv, founded in 1917. It is paid special attention to the founders of the museum – Stoio Shishkov, Bozidar Zdravkov. Today Regional Ethnographic Museum –Plovdiv is not only guard...
museum, Plovdiv, ethnology, Regional Ethnographic Museum – Plovdiv
ANGEL BUKORESHTLIEV ON THE VERGE OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY (DOCUMENTS FROM THE FUND OF ТHE REGIONAL ETHNOGRAPHIC MUSEUM - PLOVDIV)
Angel Bukoreshtliev is one of the most prominent cultural figures of the late nineteenth to mid-twentieth century not only in Plovdiv but also in Bulgaria - folklorist, pianist, composer, educator, researcher, lecturer, organizer. After his death, the museum “...
museum, Plovdiv, Angel Bukoreshtliev, ethnology
SOME TREASURES FROM THE COLLECTIONS OF THE REGIONAL ETHNOGRAPHIC MUSEUM – PLOVDIV (EVIDENCE OF THE COBURG FAMILY)
The heart of any museum is its collection. The article is devoted to present part of the belongings of the royal family, kept in the Regional Ethnographic Museum - Plovdiv. Several jewels are bright evidence of the sophisticated taste and preferences of the...
museum, Plovdiv, Ferdinand I, ethnology