Veliki Preslav
School or library · Imperial capital
city in Veliki Preslav municipality, Shumen oblast, Bulgaria
Location: 43.1605, 26.8120 · Pleiades 731893155
What this place is
- School or library — the literary school of the Bulgarian court, where the Greek fathers were turned into Slavonic — and where the Cyrillic letters are generally thought to have been shaped
- Imperial capital — the Bulgarian capital from 893, when Symeon moved the court from Pliska, until the Byzantines took the city in 971
Who is recorded here
- Demetrius of Bulgaria death · AD 901
- Irene Lekapene death · AD 901
- John the Exarch death · AD 901
- Leontius of Bulgaria death · AD 901
- Boris I of Bulgaria death · AD 907
In art
About the place
The modern Veliki Preslav or Great Preslav, former Preslav, is a city and the seat of government of the Veliki Preslav Municipality, which in turn is part of Shumen Province, Bulgaria. Veliki Preslav is situated at an altitude of 132 m.
From Wikipedia, retrieved 2026-08-14 · CC BY-SA 4.0