My home town is Plovdiv, even though I was not born there. However, most of my life I have spent in the second biggest city in Bulgaria and that is why I feel it as my home town.
Last summer I learnt that it has been nominated for an European Capital of Culture for 2019. Indeed, this is one of the oldest cities on the Balkans and it has amazing cultural history. It is a crossroad of different ethnicities living together for centuries. It has an incredible Old Town with an ancient theater and Roman Stadium. It is a city where you can see churches and mosques are built next to each other.
For the last several years it has won several international and Europe projects for development of cultural activities. Plovdiv is one of the few cities worldwide that is built on hills and most of the old town is suited on top of some of those hills.
The award European Cultural Capital was initiated so that European nations can get closer to each other, it was created with this fundamental idea by the Council of Ministers of the European Union.
Every year two European cities take the award and to participate they need to have a matching theme with the requirements of the European Union
Here is a video about Plovdiv and its History:
Plovdiv @ Via Diagonalis - MOVIE - EN from plovdiv2019 on Vimeo.
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