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Landmark Europe religious World Heritage

Rila Monastery

927 CE – still standing

Largest Eastern Orthodox monastery in Bulgaria, a symbol of Bulgarian national identity

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Rila Monastery on Wikipedia.

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Who held this ground

Borders from dated snapshots, up to a century apart; precision varies.

Reconstruction

  1. Before it was built (3000 BCE–900 CE)
  2. First Bulgarian Empire (1000 CE) Border precision: Approximate
  3. Byzantine Empire (1100 CE) Border precision: Approximate
  4. Second Bulgarian Empire (1200 CE) Border precision: Approximate
  5. Byzantine Empire (1279 CE–1300 CE) Border precision: Approximate
  6. Ottoman Empire (1400 CE–1815 CE) Border precision: Approximate
  7. Bulgaria (1880 CE) Border precision: Defined
  8. Ottoman Empire (1900 CE) Border precision: Defined
  9. Bulgaria (1914 CE–2026 CE) Border precision: Defined
Border precision
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  • Approximate

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Conflict · Europe

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1914 CE – 1918 CE

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800 CE – 1600 CE

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800 BCE – 1800 CE

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962 CE – 1806 CE

Conflict · Europe

World War II

1939 CE – 1945 CE

Trade route · Europe

Varangian Trade Route

800 CE – 1100 CE

Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 927 CE and 2026 CE.

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And in the rest of the world

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