Great Preslav

E457394

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.

All labels observed (6)

How this entity was disambiguated

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

How these facts were elicited

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