Talk:Wonder (Age of Empires II)/@comment-43356519-20190801164911

In Definitive Edition, there a new four Civilization there are Tatars, Cumans, Lithuanians and Bulgarians. Okay, I will talk about Bulgarian Wonder.

The Bulgarian wonders is Preslav Round Church located in Preslav Province, Bulgaria. However it has destruction only foundation remained. But, there's a model recontruction for Round Church.

According from panacomp.net. A Round Church has many history of First Bulgarian Empire.

"The name of Preslav is of Slavic origin. Apparently it was initially founded and functioned as a Slavic settlement when its fortification was strengthened at the beginning of the 9th century. The proximity to the then Bulgarian capital of Pliska led to the fast development and expansion of Preslav during the reign of the Khans Krum and Omurtag. By the time of the coronation of Khan Boris I in 852, Preslav had turned into an important strategic military center and was the seat of the high-ranking officer and commander of the garrison of the First Bulgarian Empire.

The First Bulgarian Empire, as it is today considered in the history, was the Bulgarian state that existed from 681 till 1018 and spread on the vast territory from the Danube Delta in the northeast and the Tisa River in the northwest, up to the present Edirne in the southeast and the Ionian Sea in the southwest. A number of churches were built in the city after the conversion of the Bulgarians to Christianity in 864.

The pagan revolt of the Pliska nobility led by Prince Vladimir in 892 was decisive for the future destiny of the city. In 893 Vladimir was dethroned and during the Council of Preslav Boris I, pointed Simeon the Great as his successor and decided to move the capital of the state from the still somewhat pagan Pliska to Preslav. In the following 80 years the city developed rapidly, turning into a center not only of Bulgarian politics and diplomacy, but also of culture, literature and the fine arts. A chronicler mentioned that it took Tsar Simeon 28 years to establish and build up his new capital.

Archaeological excavations at the Prelav have, however, proved that the city continued to develop also during the 930s and 940s and reached the peak in its growth and magnificence in the middle of the rule of Tsar Peter I of Bulgaria. There were bathrooms with swimming pools heated through hot air system. The Golden Church, built during the reign of Tsar Simeon I (893 – 927), stood on a high terrace near the palaces of Veliki Preslav. It was a magnificent monument of church architecture of the First Bulgarian Empire and a unique monument of Bulgarian architecture in general. A lead seal of Tsar Simeon I the Great (ruled 893-927 AD), ruler of the First Bulgarian Empire (632/680-1018 AD), and probably the most powerful Bulgarian leader of all time in terms of both military victories and cultural and literary achievements, has been found in his capital Veliki Preslav (Great Preslav) in today’s Northeast Bulgaria.

Tsar Simeon’s seal has been discovered by locals doing construction work not far from the ruins of the so called Round or Golden Church in Veliki Preslav, capital of the First Bulgarian Empire in 893-970 AD." Source: Panacomp.net