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Velingrad ( Bulgarian: Велинград [ˈvɛlinɡrat]) is a town in Pazardzhik Province, Southern Bulgaria, located at the western end of Chepino Valley, part of the Rhodope Mountains. It is the administrative center of the homonymous Velingrad Municipality and one of the most popular Bulgarian balneological resorts.
Great Moravia ( Latin: Regnum Marahensium; Greek: Μεγάλη Μοραβία, Meghálī Moravía; Czech: Velká Morava [ˈvɛlkaː ˈmorava]; Slovak: Veľká Morava [ˈvɛʎkaː ˈmɔrava]; Polish: Wielkie Morawy, German: Großmähren ), or simply Moravia, [1] [2] [3] was the first major state that was predominantly West Slavic to emerge in the area of Central Europe, [4] po...
The original name of the castle was most likely "Veligrad" or "Wiligrad", which also means "large castle" in the Slavic Polabian dialect which was previously spoken in the region. This led to another castle, located in Lübstorf on the shores of Lake Schwerin and built between 1896-1898 for Duke John Albert of Mecklenburg , being named Wiligrad ...
Velehrad je obec v okrese Uherské Hradiště ve Zlínském kraji. Leží šest kilometrů severozápadně od Uherského Hradiště. Žije zde přibližně 1 100 [1] obyvatel a nachází se zde jedno z nejvýznamnějších poutních míst České republiky. V lidové tradici je ztotožňován s hlavním střediskem Velké Moravy, Veligradem .
Višegrad is a city on the banks of the river Drina in Sarajevo Region, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The town is well known for its UNESCO World Heritage Site, Mehmed paša Sokolović Bridge, and the poet Ivo Andrić, nobel prize winner in 1961 for the novel The Bridge over the Drina . Understand.
Velingrad Municipality ( Bulgarian: Община Велинград) is the largest municipality in Pazardzhik Province, Bulgaria. The municipality consists of its capital, Velingrad as well as 2 villages, with a total population of 40,595. [1]
