Vidin:
Bulgaria
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Vidin is the main city of the Vidin province and is located on the banks of the River Danube
making it one of the most northern Bulgarian cities as it borders close to Romania and Serbia.
The City of Vidin has a population of sixty eight thousand five hundred inhabitants (estimated
2005) which doesn't put it in the larger cities of Bulgaria but it is still an important city due to its
port on the River Danube that imports and exports goods as well as ferrying people elsewhere.
making it one of the most northern Bulgarian cities as it borders close to Romania and Serbia.
The City of Vidin has a population of sixty eight thousand five hundred inhabitants (estimated
2005) which doesn't put it in the larger cities of Bulgaria but it is still an important city due to its
port on the River Danube that imports and exports goods as well as ferrying people elsewhere.
Unlike most Bulgarian towns Vidin is not an old Thracian settlement and is actually an old
Celtic settlement called Dunonia. Currently there is scant information about this Celtic
settlement from ancient times.
After the time of the Celts the Roman Empire moved in to Vidin and created a fortified town,
this town had the name Bunonia, very close to its original Celtic name.
Post Roman rule the Slavic people moved in to the area and renamed it Bdin or Badin, this is
where todays name comes from as B in the Cyrillic alphabet is pronounced V.
Celtic settlement called Dunonia. Currently there is scant information about this Celtic
settlement from ancient times.
After the time of the Celts the Roman Empire moved in to Vidin and created a fortified town,
this town had the name Bunonia, very close to its original Celtic name.
Post Roman rule the Slavic people moved in to the area and renamed it Bdin or Badin, this is
where todays name comes from as B in the Cyrillic alphabet is pronounced V.
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Vidin actually became its own city state in the fourteenth century under the rule of Ivan Stratsimir
son of the Bulgarian Tsar at the time Ivan Alexander, this rule only lasted for ten years.
Today Vidin has many historical monuments like the medieval fortresses of Baba Vida and
Kaleto. Vidin also has many religious buildings from Jewish synagogues to Muslim mosques
and Christian Orthodox churches, all these religious buildings date between the seventeenth
and nineteenth centuries.
son of the Bulgarian Tsar at the time Ivan Alexander, this rule only lasted for ten years.
Today Vidin has many historical monuments like the medieval fortresses of Baba Vida and
Kaleto. Vidin also has many religious buildings from Jewish synagogues to Muslim mosques
and Christian Orthodox churches, all these religious buildings date between the seventeenth
and nineteenth centuries.
