Varbitsa Pass (Bulgarian: Върбишки проход [vɐrˈbiʃki ˈprɔxot]) is a mountain pass in the Balkan Mountains (Stara Planina) in Bulgaria. It connects Shumen...

The Battle of Pliska or Battle of Vărbitsa Pass was a series of battles between troops, gathered from all parts of the Byzantine Empire, led by the Emperor...

Varbitsa Municipality Varbitsa Pass in the Balkan Mountains Varbitsa, Haskovo Province, a village in Haskovo Province Varbitsa, Pleven Province, a village...

Rishki Pass (759), Battle of the Varbitsa Pass (811), the Battle of Tryavna (1190) and the Battle of Devina (1279). In the battle of the Varbitsa Pass, Khan...

July, the Bulgarians managed to trap the retreating Nikephoros in the Varbitsa Pass. The Byzantine army was wiped out in the ensuing battle and Nikephoros...

Varbitsa (Bulgarian: Върбица [vɐrˈbit͡sɐ]; lit. 'little willow'; also transliterated Vǎrbica) is a town in eastern Bulgaria, part of Shumen Province. It...

(modern-day Sofia). July 26 – Battle of Vărbitsa Pass: Nikephoros I is trapped (probably in the Vărbitsa Pass) and defeated by the Bulgars, who use the...

town is Varbitsa. Four strategically important mountain passes run through the region: the Preslav Pass, Dervent Pass, Kotel Pass and Varbitsa Pass. The...

back the Byzantine army was decisively defeated in the battle of the Varbitsa Pass. Nicephorus I himself was slain along with most of his troops, and his...

to Byzantium, the imperial army was ambushed and annihilated in the Varbitsa Pass at the Battle of Pliska by Krum. Nikephoros perished in the battle,...

of which the Severians were re-settled from the pass of Beregaba or Veregava, most likely the Rish Pass of the Balkan Mountains, to the East, while the...

Europe 809 Siege of Serdica (Sofia) 811 Byzantine-Bulgarian battle of Vărbitsa Pass (Battle of Pliska) 813 Byzantine-Bulgarian battle of Versinikia 830s...

(modern-day Sofia). July 26 – Battle of Vărbitsa Pass: Nikephoros I is trapped (probably in the Vărbitsa Pass) and defeated by the Bulgars, who use the...

Balkan mountains with new vigour, especially around the Kotel Pass and the Varbitsa Pass. The Bulgarian positions there were surrounded both from the north...

Pliska in 811, but was killed and his army annihilated at the Battle of Varbitsa Pass as he returned to Roman territory. Khan Krum's peace offer was rejected...

years will have elapsed since Krum's great victory in the battle of the Varbitsa Pass over the Byzantine Emperor Nicephorus I. It was placed in a special...

Serdica in 809 and decisively defeating the Byzantine armies at the Varbitsa pass and at Versinikia. His son and successor Omurtag tried to continue Krum's...

The part of the road that crosses the Balkan Mountains through the Varbitsa Pass is in a very bad condition and in winter it closes for traffic. "Без...

Pliska (born 1941), German footballer Battle of Pliska or Battle of Vărbitsa Pass, a series of battles between troops, gathered from all parts of the...

crisis, failed in the mountain passes of the Balkan. In 811 the whole Byzantine army was destroyed in the Varbitsa Pass and in 12th–13th centuries several...

Pliska in 811, but was killed and his army annihilated at the Battle of Varbitsa Pass as he returned to Roman territory. Khan Krum's peace offer was rejected...

of 528 m in the central part of the Varbitsa Mountain of the Balkan Mountains, some 2.5 km west of the Rish Pass. It flows eastwards in the wide Rish...

to ascend the northern slopes of the Varbitsa Mountain, part of the eastern Balkan Mountains, through the Rish Pass (410 m), and enters Burgas Province...

the Russo-Turkish War, Shipka Pass was the scene of a series of conflicts collectively named the Battle of Shipka Pass. The Shipka Memorial (Bulgarian:...

famous of them are the Ledenika Cave, Skaklya Waterfall, and the Vratsata Pass. The Vratsa History Museum holds the Rogozen treasure, which is the largest...

decided to go to a disco in the "Mogilata" complex near the village of Varbitsa, Haskovo Province. They had stopped at a gas station near Byala Reka to...

likely constructed to the protect the region around the mouth of the river Varbitsa and the roads along its course. Monyak consisted of a citadel in the eastern...

(L) Levchenska reka (L) Arda (R) Cherna (L) Malka Arda (L) Borovitsa (L) Varbitsa (R) Perperek (L) Krumovitsa (R) Aterenska reka (R) Tundzha (L) Tazha (L)...

by Despot Alexius Slav, a descendant of the Asen dynasty, in 1209, and passed through an economic and cultural upsurge during his reign. The town continued...

of Lovech. The Turkish invasion in the middle of the 14th century did not pass the town, but the Hisarya fortress was captured last of all, in 1446. For...