Burgas - The beautiful Black Sea city

The whole history of Burgas is connected with the sea. It is as if the very location of the city, surrounded on three sides by water, is the root cause of its origin and development over the centuries. Seen from a bird's eye view, Burgas is a narrow strip of land that is surrounded by the sea and three unique lagoons: Atanasovska, Vaya and Mandrenska. Can anyone imagine Burgas without the sea? The whole history of Burgas is connected with the sea. The very location of the city, surrounded on three sides by water, is the primary reason for its origin and development. In the 18th century, Burgas was first noticed by Europeans, in fact it was the most important port south of the Balkans.A sea map from 1854 gives the first information about the urban planning of the city, which occupied an area of ​​420 thousand square meters. In the era of the Bulgarian national revival, the national ideologies and aspirations to create a Bulgarian school and an Orthodox-Christian temple took shape.