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Sofia, Bulgarian Sofiya, capital of Bulgaria. It is situated near the geographical centre of the Balkans region, in the Sofia Basin, a trough like valley in the western part of the country. The Serdi (Sardi), a Thracian tribe, established a settlement in the region in the 8th century BCE. This community was conquered soon after 29 BCE by the Romans, who named it Serdica (Greek: Sardica). It flourished during the reign of the emperor Trajan (98–117) and reached its greatest height under the emperor Constantine I the Great; in 342 or 343 it was the site of an important meeting of Christian bishops, the Council of Sardica. From the 4th century it was part of the Western Roman Empire, but with the decline of Rome passed to Byzantium; it was plundered by Attila and the Huns in 441–447. During the 6th century Byzantine influence increased under the emperor Justinian, and the restored Church of St. Sofia, which later gave the town its name, survives from this period. In 809 the Bulgarian khan Krum seized the town and incorporated it in the Bulgarian state; it was given the Slav name Sredets (Greek: Triaditsa). It was under Byzantine rule from 1018 until 1185, when the second Bulgarian Empire was established. Sofia fell to the Turks in 1382; the Ottoman governor of Rumelia took up residence there, and the town gradually acquired a distinctive Oriental appearance. It was liberated from Ottoman rule by Russian troops on January 4, 1878, and was designated the Bulgarian capital on April 3, 1879. After World War II the city was further industrialized. The chief industries are engineering, metallurgy, food processing, and the manufacture of textiles and clothing. Printing is important; the rubber, footwear, furniture and woodworking, and chemical industries are also well represented. An agricultural zone characterized by fruit and vegetable growing and by dairy farming surrounds Sofia, and it is connected with neighbouring towns by roads. Sofia is also the centre of Bulgarian air and rail traffic. Local transport is served by tramways, trolleybuses, and buses, while several cable lifts ascend the neighbouring Vitosha Mountains. lets connect instagram:   / urbanmakedon1   facebook:   / urbanmakedon   Playlists Bitola walk -    • BITOLA WALK [4K] Bitola is nicknamed “City...   Prilep walk -    • PRILEP WALK [4K] The city under Marko's To...   Strumica walk -    • STRUMICA WALK [4K] the economic and cultur...   Autumn walk in Skopje -    • AUTUMN CITY WALK IN SKOPJE [4K] City park   Relaxing walk near Prespa lake -    • RELAXING WALK NEAR THE LAKE PRESPA [4K] Kr...   Matka canyon walk -    • MATKA CANYON WALK [4K]   Walking old bazar in Skopje -    • WALKING OLD BAZZAR SKOPJE [4K] one of the ...   Ohrid walk -    • OHRID WALK [4k] | Walk through the main ce...   Copyright Urban Makedon. Any reproduction or illegal distribution of the content in any form will result in immediate action against the person concerned. #sofia #urbanmakedon #bulgaria