6th-Century BC Establishments: 530s BC Establishments, 580s BC Establishments, 590s BC Establishments

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 65. Chapters: 530s BC establishments, 580s BC establishments, 590s BC establishments, Populated places established in the 6th century BC, States and territories established in the 6th century BC, Peloponnesian League, Agrigento, Varna, Pythian Games, Empuries, Heraclea Pontica, Benghazi, Jeddah, Bologna, Vlore, Chersonesus Taurica, Heraclea Minoa, Antibes, List of cities in ancient Epirus, Anapa, Pasargadae, Ancient Thebes, Feodosiya, Velia, Ennigaldi-Nanna's museum, Egrisi, Ecclesia, Tyritake, Kepoi. Excerpt: Dormition of the Theotokos Cathedral Stoyan Bachvarov Theatre Downtown street sceneVarna (Bulgarian: , pronounced ) is the largest city and seaside resort on the Bulgarian Black Sea Coast and third-largest in Bulgaria after Sofia and Plovdiv, with a population of 330,486 inhabitants according to Census 2011. It is the administrative centre of the homonymous province and Varna Municipality. Commonly referred to as the marine (or summer) capital of Bulgaria, Varna is a major tourist destination, business and university centre, seaport, and headquarters of the Bulgarian Navy and merchant marine, as well as the centre of Varna Province and Bulgaria's North-Eastern planning region (NUTS II), comprising also the provinces of Dobrich, Shumen, and Targovishte. In April 2008, Varna was designated seat of the Black Sea Euro-Region (a new regional organization, not identical to the Black Sea Euroregion) by the Council of Europe. The city occupies 238 km (92 sq mi) on verdant terraces (Varna monocline of the Moesian platform) descending from the calcareous Franga Plateau (height 356 m/1,168 ft) on the north and Avren Plateau on the south, along the horseshoe-shaped Varna Bay of the Black Sea, the elongated Lake Varna, and two artificial waterways connecting the bay and the lake and bridged by the Asparuhov most. It is the centre of a ...