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Information about VarnaList all properties from Varna regionVarna, the biggest city on the Bulgarian Black Sea Coast is commonly referred as the Sea Capital of Bulgaria. Varna is the third largest city in Bulgaria after Sofia and Plovdiv, with a population of 351,552 (10/01/2006). It is the capital of Varna Province and an important port in the eastern part of the country, located on the Black Sea coast close to Lake Varna. The city was also the base of the Bulgarian Navy. The archaeological museum contains some of the finds from the so-called "Gold of Varna", a cache of Chalcolithic grave-goods which is one of the oldest gold treasure in the world. Varna is an important economic centre for Bulgaria and the Black Sea region in general. Major industries include trade and transportation (Port of Varna, Varna International Airport), shipbuilding, and manufacturing. Tourism is of a great importance to the city, with the nearby resorts of Albena, Golden Sands, Constantine and Helena, Riviera and many others, each year attracting millions of visitors from all over the world. In September 2004, FDI (Foreign Direct Investment) Magazine proclaimed Varna "South-Eastern Europe City of the Future", citing its strategic location, fast-growing economy, rich cultural heritage and high quality education. Varna was founded as an ancient Greek trading colony (apoikia), Odessos, about 580 BCE. Historically, Varna is perhaps best known for its eneolithic necropolis, which is the site of the oldest gold treasure to be found by archaeologists, the Gold of Varna. The Roman city had baths, Thermae, built in the 2nd century CE, that are the largest Roman remains in Bulgaria. Lake Varna is located on the west of Varna and is the largest by volume and deepest liman or lake along the Bulgarian Black Sea Coast, divided from the sea by a 2 km-wide strip of sand and having an area of 17 sq. m and a volume of 165,000,000 cub.m. The lake has an elongated shape, its south shores being high and steep and the north slant. Lake Varna was formed by the raising of sea level near the end of the Pleistocene. Its bottom is covered by a thick alluvium of slime and hydrogen sulphide mud in the deepest parts. A number of rivers pour into the lake, including Devnya River and Provadiyska that empty near the western shores of Lake Beloslav, which is connected to Lake Varna. Until the 20th century, water from the lake poured into the Black Sea through Devnya River, but following the establishment of the Port of Varna and the river's draining, a canal was dug through the strip of sand between the sea and the lake between 1906 and 1909, which led to the lake's level dropping by 1.40 m and the incursion of sea water into the lake. In 1976, when a new 12 m-deep canal crossed by the Asparuhov most began operating, the lake was dredged along the stream. by Wikipedia List all properties from Varna region Back |