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Buzludzha is a communist monument - build in Bulgaria in the 70s and abbandoned in 1989.
Unluckely I couldn't manage to take picture outside to the strange UFO shape of the building due to the tremndous fog and wind
It was built in 1981 on the top of Hadji Dimitar /Balkan Mountains/, whose old name is Buzludzha, and abandoned in the '90s, as it represents the previous communist regime.
The photo was taken from afar, traveling from the road between Kazanlak and Karlovo
This is the ceiling of the best preserved Thracian royal tomb among several such tombs found in the vicinity of Seuthopolis, the ancient capital of Thrace, located near today's Bulgarian city of Kazanluk. This particular tomb was built in the IV century B.C. and displays strong Hellenistic influence.
Это потолок наилучше сохранившейся из нескольких гробниц фракийский царей, найденных поблизости от Севтополя, столицы Древней Фракии, располагавшейся рядом с современным болгарским городом Казанлык. Эта гробница была построена в IV в. Д.Н.Э. и демонстрирует сильное влияние древнегреческой культуры.
Kazanlak is famous for its rose production. More than 90% of the rose oil in the world is produced there. Roses are all over the town.
The fragrant Damascena rose has been industrially cultivated in Bulgaria for more than 300 years. The flowers are used to produce a range of products: oil, soap, perfume, even jam.
Душистая Дамасская роза культивируется промышленным образом в Болгарии в течение более 300 лет. Из неё производится целый диапазон товаров: масло, духи, мыло, даже варенье.
Kazanlak is famous for its rose production. More than 90% of the rose oil in the world is produced there. Roses are all over the town.
Koprinka is a reservoir and dam in the Rose Valley, central Bulgaria. Its construction began after 1944 and was finished in 1956. It was built on the Tundzha river at 7 km to the west of the city of Kazanlak near the village of Koprinka.
The Thracian Tomb of Kazanlak was built in the IV century BC. It has beautiful murals and is inscribed in the UNESCO Heritage List.
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I've been rooting through the last few month's shots on the hard drive, so here's another, slightly different view of that epic space. Lit with a spotlight, on a long exposure.
Please see the rest of the set for other images of this immense building.
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Explored 6th August 2012, #1.
The Thracian Tomb of Kazanlak was built in the IV century BC. It has beautiful murals and is inscribed in the UNESCO Heritage List.
On a happy note, this was the beautiful young lady that was crowned the Rose Queen for 2025 in the town of Kazanlak, center of the the Bulgarian rose oil industry.
The Rosa Damascena has been cultivated in the central valley of Bulgaria for centuries and has become one of the symbols of Bulgaria.
To obtain 1 litre of rose oil, 3 to 3 1/2 tons of red blossoms or 5 to 6 tons of white blossoms are double distilled. Not surprisingly on the world market, rose oil is worth more than gold.
We did actually make it to the Sunday procession, rose petals scattered everywhere and the crowds sprayed with rose water to keep them cool.
Towards the end of the Rose Festival in Kazanlak, Bulgaria, on the Sunday, there is a big parade. It starts with the Rose Queen and goes on for ages, which in the June heat is quite an ordeal. We watched group after group of school children and local organisations, car clubs, biker clubs, judo clubs all proudly showing their stuff.
We almost gave up and decided to leave but then the procession changed, it became what we had come to see.
Bulgarians in their traditional costumes parading down the street throwing rose petals everywhere, to the point the road was covered with them.
It was a lovely end to the procession.
The guys on the horse and cart were spraying rose water over the onlookers which was quite welcome after a long stand in the heat.
It cooled you down and left you smelling of roses 😊
I had to wipe the camera down afterwards though.
Rosa × damascena
Species of plant in the genus Rosa
Rosa × damascena (Latin for damascene rose), more commonly known as the Damask rose, or sometimes as the Iranian Rose, Bulgarian rose, Taif rose & "Emirati rose", Ispahan rose, Castile rose, and Đulbešećerka (Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Balkans) is a rose hybrid, derived from Rosa gallica and Rosa moschata. DNA analysis has shown that a third species, Rosa fedtschenkoana, has made some genetic contributions to the Damask rose.
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The flowers are renowned for their fine fragrance, and are commercially harvested for rose oil (either "rose otto" or "rose absolute") used in perfumery and to make rose water and "rose concrete". The flower petals are also edible. They may be used to flavor food, as a garnish, as an herbal tea, and preserved in sugar as gulkand. It is the national flower of Iran.
In 2019, Damascus rose was inscribed to the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage Lists as an element of Syrian cultural heritage.
Description
The Damask rose is a deciduous shrub growing to 2.2 metres (7 ft 3 in) tall, the stems densely armed with stout, curved prickles and stiff bristles. The leaves are pinnate, with five (rarely seven) leaflets. The roses are a light to moderate pink to light red. The relatively small flowers grow in groups. The bush has an informal shape. It is considered an important type of Old Rose, and also important for its prominent place in the pedigree of many other types.
Varieties
The hybrid is divided in two varieties:
Summer Damasks (R. × damascena nothovar. damascena) have a short flowering season, only in the summer.
Autumn Damasks (R. × damascena nothovar. semperflorens (Duhamel) Rowley) have a longer flowering season, extending into the autumn; they are otherwise not distinguishable from the summer damasks.
The hybrid Rosa × centifolia is derived in part from Rosa × damascena, as are Bourbon, Portland and hybrid perpetual roses.
The cultivar known as Rosa gallica forma trigintipetala or Rosa damascena 'Trigintipetala' is considered to be a synonym of Rosa × damascena.
'Celsiana' is a flowering semi-double variety.
History
Rosa × damascena is a cultivated flower that is not found growing wild. Recent genetic tests indicate that it is a hybrid of R. moschata x R. gallica crossed with the pollen of Rosa fedtschenkoana, which indicates a probable origin in the foothills of central Asia or Iran.
The French Crusader Robert de Brie, who took part in the Siege of Damascus in 1148 at the Second Crusade, is sometimes credited for bringing the Damask rose from Syria to Europe. The name of the rose refers to the city of Damascus in Syria, known for its steel (Damask steel), fabrics (Damask) and roses.
Other accounts state that the ancient Romans brought it to their colonies in England, and a third account is that the physician of King Henry VIII, named as Thomas Linacre, gifted him one circa 1540. Although this latter claim is of dubious veracity as Linacre died in 1524, 16 years before the introduction of the rose to the royal garden took place.
There is a history of fragrance production in Kabul Province of Afghanistan from the Damask rose. An attempt has been made to restore this industry as an alternative for farmers who produce opium.
The flower, known in Hawaiian as Lokelani, is the official flower of the Island of Maui.
Nirad Chaudhuri, the Bengali writer, recalls that Hindus in East Bengal did not cultivate it because it was "looked upon as an Islamic flower".
Cultivation
Rosa × damascena is optimally cultivated in hedge rows to help protect the blooms from wind damage and to facilitate harvesting them. In Bulgaria, damask roses are grown in long hedges, while in Turkey, individual plants are spaced apart along trenches. Gathering the flowers is intense manual labor. The harvesting period for roses is dependent on weather conditions and locations: between as long as a month in cooler conditions, or as short as 16-20 days in hotter seasons.
Rose oil
Iran, Bulgaria and Turkey are the major producers of rose oil from the different cultivars of Rosa × damascena. France and India also contribute significantly to the world market.
The cultivation of the "Bulgarian rose" as Rosa × damascena has been developed since Roman times. It is cultivated for commercial use in an area in the vicinity of Kazanlak and Karlovo in Bulgaria called the "Valley of Roses". The distillate from these roses is called "Bulgarian rose oil" and "Bulgarian rose otto". While families still operate their own small distilleries and produce what is denominated "village oil", the commercialization of rose oil as a high quality product is carefully regulated by a state cooperative in the Isparta region of Turkey. The roses are still grown by the small family farms but the flowers are brought to stills established and regulated by the cooperative for distillation and quality control.
Culinary uses
Damask roses are used in cooking as a flavouring ingredient or spice. They are an ingredient in the spice mixture denominated ras el hanout. Rose water and powdered roses are used in Middle Eastern and Indian cuisine. Rose water is often sprinkled on meat dishes, while rose powder is added to sauces. Chicken with rose is a popular dish in Middle Eastern cuisine. Whole flowers, or petals, are also used in the herbal tea zuhurat. The most popular use, however, is in the flavoring of desserts such as ice cream, jam, Turkish delights, rice pudding, yogurt, etc.
For centuries, the Damask rose has symbolized beauty and love. The fragrance of the rose has been captured and preserved in the form of rose water by a method that can be traced to ancient times in the Middle East and later to the Indian subcontinent.
Modern Western cookery does not use roses or rose water much. However, it was a popular ingredient in ancient times and continued to be popular well into the Renaissance. It was most commonly used in desserts, and still is a flavour in traditional desserts such as marzipan or turrón. It has seen some revival in television cooking in the twenty-first century.
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The Thracian Tomb of Kazanlak was built in the IV century BC. It has beautiful murals and is inscribed in the UNESCO Heritage List.
Vall de les Roses, Kazanlak, Bulgària.
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The sentence "Rose is a rose is a rose is a rose." was written by Gertrude Stein, but here we might say that a rose is a rose and oil because we are at DAMASCENA which is a company that produces and sells the famous worldwide Bulgarian rose oil, distillated from Rose damascena blossoms.
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L’aforisme “Rosa és una rosa és una rosa és una rosa” va ser escrit per Gertrude Stein, però aquí podríem dir que una rosa és una rosa i un oli perquè som a DAMASCENA, una empresa que produeix i ven el mundialment famós oli de rosa búlgart, destil·lat de la Rosa damascena.
Хомологационни тестове на 🚆 локомотив 181 002 "Бизон" на 🇨🇳 CRRC ZELC Europe 🇪🇺 - гара Казанлък 🇧🇬.
Homologation tests of CRRC ZELC Europe 🇪🇺 locomotive 181 002 "Bison" 🚆 - Kazanlak station 🇧🇬.
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This was one of those time when you don't expect much from a scene, but light changes everything. All day long it was a cloudy sky and waiting for the sunset we cashed this moment when the sun just flooded everything with light, colour and dynamics. Pretty awesome.
Hope you like it, enjoy!
Photo: St Ivan Rilski Church, Bulgaria
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