EU: Veliko Tarnovo (1901) through time

Veliko Tarnovo 1901–1910 15 photos of this spot

15 photographs taken at the same spot in Veliko Tarnovo, spanning 1901–1910 — 15 of them from before 1980. Line them up and watch the place change.

A 1901 photograph of Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria, the hillside town along the Yantra River that served as capital of the Second Bulgarian Empire between the twelfth and fourteenth centuries, before falling to Ottoman conquest in 1393.

EU: Veliko Tarnovo (1901) 1901 A 1901 photograph of Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria, the hillside town along the Yantra River that served as capital of the Second Bulgarian Empire between the twelfth and fourteenth centuries, before falling to Ottoman conquest in 1393.

EU: Veliko Tarnovo (1901) 1901 Veliko Tarnovo, the former medieval capital of the Second Bulgarian Empire, is the subject of this 1901 photograph, its houses famously climbing the steep banks of the Yantra River.

EU: Veliko Tarnovo (1901) 1901 Another 1901 view of Veliko Tarnovo, the historic Bulgarian town built on hills above a bend in the Yantra River, once the seat of medieval Bulgarian tsars.

EU: Veliko Tarnovo (1901) 1901 This 1901 photograph documents Veliko Tarnovo's distinctive terraced streets, a Bulgarian town whose layout has been shaped for centuries by the steep terrain above the Yantra River.

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 a symbol of Bulgaria's medieval statehood.

EU: Veliko Tarnovo (1910) 1910 Rooftops and hillside streets of Veliko Tarnovo appear in this 1910 photograph of the former Bulgarian capital. The steep terrain along the Yantra River shaped the town's layout, a pattern already centuries old by the time this image was taken.

EU: Veliko Tarnovo (1910) 1910 This 1910 photograph documents part of Veliko Tarnovo, the historic town built along the Yantra River in northern Bulgaria. Once the seat of the medieval Bulgarian tsars, the town retained much of its old character into the early twentieth century.

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 before this photograph was taken.

EU: Veliko Tărnovo - Jantra (1910) 1910 The Yantra River as it winds past Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria, in a photograph from 1910. The river's tight meanders around the city's hills shaped Veliko Tarnovo's layout as a former capital of the medieval Bulgarian Empire.

EU: Veliko Tărnovo - Sv. Petra a Pavla (1910) 1910 The Church of Sts. Peter and Paul in Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria, photographed in 1910. The medieval church stands near the Yantra River in a city that once served as capital of the Second Bulgarian Empire.

EU: Veliko Tărnovo - Pohled na město (1910) 1910 A general view over Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria, taken in 1910, showing the hillside city that had served for centuries as the capital of the medieval Bulgarian state before Ottoman rule.

EU: Veliko Tărnovo - Ulice 6. Augusta (1910) 1910 Sixth of August Street in Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria, pictured in 1910. The street is named for the date in 1885 marking the unification of Bulgaria and Eastern Rumelia.

EU: Veliko Tărnovo - Konstituční ulice (1910) 1910 Constitution Street in Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria, in a 1910 photograph. The street's name recalls the city's role as the site where Bulgaria's first constitution was adopted in 1879.

EU: Veliko Tărnovo - Pevnost (1910) 1910 The fortress of Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria, photographed in 1910. Perched on the Tsarevets hill above the Yantra River, the fortress once housed the royal palace of the medieval Bulgarian tsars.

EU: Veliko Tărnovo - Ulice lurská (1910) 1910 A street scene in Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria, from 1910, one of several photographs made that year documenting the hillside streets of the former medieval capital.