Preslav

E102446

former capital historical city

Preslav is an ancient Bulgarian city that served as a major medieval political and cultural capital of the First Bulgarian Empire and a key center of Slavic literacy and Orthodox Christianity.

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All labels observed (1)

Label	Occurrences
Preslav canonical	11

Statements (40)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	former capital ⓘ historical city ⓘ
associatedWith	Bulgarian Orthodox Church ⓘ Christianization of Bulgaria ⓘ Great Preslav ⓘ surface form: Preslav Literary School
capitalOf	First Bulgarian Empire ⓘ
country	Bulgaria ⓘ
culturalSignificance	center of Slavic Christian culture ⓘ center of medieval Bulgarian literature ⓘ
flourishedUnder	Peter I of Bulgaria ⓘ surface form: Tsar Peter I of Bulgaria Simeon I of Bulgaria ⓘ surface form: Tsar Simeon I of Bulgaria
hasArchaeologicalMuseum	Archaeological Museum Veliki Preslav ⓘ
hasSite	Round Church of Preslav ⓘ remains of churches ⓘ remains of palaces ⓘ ruins of medieval fortifications ⓘ
heritageStatus	important Bulgarian archaeological site ⓘ
historicalEra	First Bulgarian Empire ⓘ
influenced	Slavic Orthodox literary tradition ⓘ development of Cyrillic alphabet ⓘ
knownAs	Great Preslav ⓘ Great Preslav ⓘ surface form: Veliki Preslav
language	Church Slavonic ⓘ surface form: Old Church Slavonic
locatedIn	Balkans ⓘ surface form: Balkan Peninsula Northeastern Bulgaria ⓘ
locatedOn	Kamchiya River basin ⓘ
near	modern town of Veliki Preslav ⓘ
partOf	First Bulgarian Empire ⓘ
predecessorCapitalOf	Pliska ⓘ
region	historical region of Moesia ⓘ
religion	Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ
role	center of Orthodox Christianity ⓘ key center of Slavic literacy ⓘ major medieval cultural center ⓘ major medieval political center ⓘ
servedAs	capital of the First Bulgarian Empire ⓘ
successorCapitalOf	Ohrid ⓘ
timePeriod	Middle Ages ⓘ
writingSystem	Cyrillic script ⓘ Glagolitic script ⓘ

Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Bulgarian Orthodox Church → historicalCenter → Preslav ⓘ

First Bulgarian Empire → capital → Preslav ⓘ

Second Bulgarian Empire → majorCity → Preslav ⓘ

Bulgars → laterCapitalCity → Preslav ⓘ

Pliska → replacedByCapital → Preslav ⓘ

Boris I of Bulgaria → laterCapitalInfluence → Preslav ⓘ

Simeon I of Bulgaria → deathPlace → Preslav ⓘ

Simeon I of Bulgaria → burialPlace → Preslav ⓘ

Simeon I of Bulgaria → capitalDuringReign → Preslav ⓘ

Peter I of Bulgaria → capitalDuringReign → Preslav ⓘ

Council of Preslav → location → Preslav ⓘ