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Old photos of Veliko Tarnovo

67 photographs of Veliko Tarnovo, from 1901 to 2024 — each pinned to the exact place it was taken.

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What the photos show

The 67 photographs of Veliko Tarnovo on PlaceWas span 6 decades, from 1901 to 2024. 21 of them were taken before 1980; the other 46 are recent views of the same streets and landmarks.10 spots were photographed more than once, so you can compare the same street, square or building across the years.67 of the photos carry a written caption explaining what is in the frame. Every picture is pinned to the place it was taken, so the map below shows where the photographers stood.

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Places in Veliko Tarnovo through time

Spots photographed more than once — compare the same place across the years.

EU: Veliko Tarnovo (1901), Veliko Tarnovo — photos through time
EU: Veliko Tarnovo (1901) 15 photos · 1901–1910
Асеневци - Veliko Tarnovo, Veliko Tarnovo — photos through time
Асеневци - Veliko Tarnovo 6 photos · 2007–2016
Veliko Tarnovo, Veliko Tarnovo — photos through time
Veliko Tarnovo 5 photos · 1930–2023
EU: Veliko Tarnovo - Town view (1901), Veliko Tarnovo — photos through time
EU: Veliko Tarnovo - Town view (1901) 5 photos · 1901–1910
Tsarevets Fortress, Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria, Veliko Tarnovo — photos through time
Tsarevets Fortress, Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria 5 photos · 2011
Street full of flowers, Veliko Tarnovo — photos through time
Street full of flowers 3 photos · 2024
Ulica Gurko, Veliko Tarnovo — photos through time
Ulica Gurko 3 photos · 2011–2016
Old post hall - Tarnovo, Veliko Tarnovo — photos through time
Old post hall - Tarnovo 2 photos · 2010–2011
Sarafkina House Veliko Tarnovo, Veliko Tarnovo — photos through time
Sarafkina House Veliko Tarnovo 2 photos · 2010–2016
Veliko Tarnovo, Veliko Tarnovo — photos through time
Veliko Tarnovo 2 photos · 2010–2011

Stories from Veliko Tarnovo

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EU: Veliko Tarnovo - St. Demetrius Church (1901), Veliko Tarnovo, 1901
EU: Veliko Tarnovo - St. Demetrius Church (1901) 1901 The Church of St. Demetrius in Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria, photographed in 1901. Tradition holds that the church was the site where the Second Bulgarian Empire was proclaimed in 1185, ending nearly two centuries of…
EU: Veliko Tarnovo - Tsarevets Fortress (1910), Veliko Tarnovo, 1910
EU: Veliko Tarnovo - Tsarevets Fortress (1910) 1910 The medieval Tsarevets Fortress in Veliko Tarnovo is captured in this 1910 photograph. Built on a hill overlooking the Yantra River, the fortress served as the stronghold of Bulgaria's medieval tsars and the seat of the…
EU: Veliko Tarnovo (1910), Veliko Tarnovo, 1910
EU: Veliko Tarnovo (1910) 1910 Veliko Tarnovo, former capital of the medieval Second Bulgarian Empire, is pictured in this 1910 town view. The town's hillside setting along the Yantra River made it a natural stronghold, and its historic core remained…
EU: Veliko Tarnovo (1910), Veliko Tarnovo, 1910
EU: Veliko Tarnovo (1910) 1910 A 1910 image showing part of Veliko Tarnovo, once the seat of Bulgaria's medieval tsars. The town's terraced streets and stone houses, built into the hillside above the Yantra River, had changed little in the decades…
City View from Jantra, Veliko Tarnovo, 2010
City View from Jantra 2010 Taken in 2010, this photograph looks out over Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria, from a vantage point above the Yantra River, which loops around the hillside old town. Veliko Tarnovo served as the capital of the Second Bulgarian…
Stambolov Street - Veliko Tarnovo, Veliko Tarnovo, 2010
Stambolov Street - Veliko Tarnovo 2010 Stambolov Street, seen here in 2010, runs through the old town of Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria. It is named for Stefan Stambolov, the 19th-century Bulgarian statesman who served as prime minister in the years after the…
Saint Evtimiy of Tarnovo statue, Veliko Tarnovo, 2011
Saint Evtimiy of Tarnovo statue 2011 A statue of Patriarch Evtimiy of Tarnovo in Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria, photographed in 2011. Evtimiy was the last medieval Bulgarian Orthodox patriarch before the Ottoman conquest, in a city that once served as capital of…
Bulgaria - The Patriarchal Cathedral of the Holy Ascension of God, Veliko Tarnovo, 2012
Bulgaria - The Patriarchal Cathedral of the Holy Ascension of God 2012 The Patriarchal Cathedral of the Holy Ascension of God crowns the highest point of Tsarevets hill in Veliko Tarnovo. The current structure was rebuilt in the twentieth century on the site of the medieval patriarchate…
1900s · 8 photos
1910s · 12 photos
1930s · 1 photo
2000s · 4 photos
2010s · 35 photos · showing 12, all 35 on the map ↗
2020s · 7 photos