Great Preslav

E457394

former capital city medieval city

Great Preslav was the medieval capital of the First Bulgarian Empire and a major cultural and political center in the Balkans during the 9th–10th centuries.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Preslav Literary School	3
Great Preslav canonical	1
Veliki Preslav	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	former capital city ⓘ medieval city ⓘ
archaeologicalSite	Great Preslav Archaeological Reserve NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedRuler	Simeon I the Great NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWith	Bulgarian Golden Age NERFINISHED ⓘ
capitalOf	First Bulgarian Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
capitalPeriodEnd	971 ⓘ
capitalPeriodStart	893 ⓘ
capturedBy	Byzantine Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
captureYear	971 ⓘ
cityType	fortified capital ⓘ
country	First Bulgarian Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
culturalInfluence	Slavic Orthodox world ⓘ
developedUnderRuler	Simeon I of Bulgaria NERFINISHED ⓘ
era	First Bulgarian Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
flourishedInCentury	10th century ⓘ 9th century ⓘ
foundedBy	Boris I of Bulgaria NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasFeature	ceramic decoration ⓘ royal and patriarchal residences ⓘ stone and brick architecture ⓘ
hasLandmark	Round Church of Preslav NERFINISHED ⓘ fortified city walls ⓘ imperial palace complex ⓘ
heritageStatus	important medieval archaeological site in Bulgaria ⓘ
knownFor	Old Church Slavonic literature ⓘ Preslav Literary School NERFINISHED ⓘ development of the Cyrillic script ⓘ
languageUsed	Old Church Slavonic NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn	Balkans ⓘ Bulgaria NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInPresentDay	northeastern Bulgaria ⓘ
modernCountry	Republic of Bulgaria NERFINISHED ⓘ
nearModernSettlement	Veliki Preslav NERFINISHED ⓘ
nearRiver	Kamchiya River basin NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	First Bulgarian Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
predecessorCapital	Pliska NERFINISHED ⓘ
region	historical region of Moesia ⓘ
religion	Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ
religiousBuildingType	Orthodox churches ⓘ
role	cultural center of the First Bulgarian Empire ⓘ political center of the First Bulgarian Empire ⓘ
scriptUsed	Cyrillic NERFINISHED ⓘ Glagolitic NERFINISHED ⓘ
successorCapital	Ohrid NERFINISHED ⓘ Skopje NERFINISHED ⓘ
timePeriod	Middle Ages ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

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

Preslav → knownAs → Great Preslav ⓘ

this entity surface form: Veliki Preslav

Preslav → associatedWith → Great Preslav ⓘ

this entity surface form: Preslav Literary School

Simeon I of Bulgaria → patronage → Great Preslav ⓘ

this entity surface form: Preslav Literary School

Tarnovo Literary School → influencedBy → Great Preslav ⓘ

this entity surface form: Preslav Literary School