Plovdiv, Bulgaria's second biggest city, is a pleasant town with a pedestrianized centre, mosques, churches, Roman ruins and National Revival mansions.
The Old Town stands on the three hills where Thracians settled in the 5th millennium BC. Philip II of Macedon captured the town that was then held by Romans.
After being destroyed by Huns, occupied by Slavs and passed back and forth between Byzantines and Bulgarians, finished under Ottoman control.
At last, in 1885, it was reunified with Bulgaria. With this extraordinary past the city is rich in historical relics and touristics attractions.
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