Klokotnitsa ( Bulgarian : Клокотница ) is a village in southern Bulgaria in the Haskovo Municipality . It has a population of 619 people (as of June, 2005).
4-493: Klokotnitsa (Bulgarian: Клокотница ; also transliterated Klokotnica ) may refer to: Klokotnitsa, Haskovo Province , a village in Bulgaria Battle of Klokotnitsa , 1230 Klokotnitsa Ridge See also [ edit ] Klokotnica (disambiguation) (Клокотница) Klokot (disambiguation) Klokočevac (disambiguation) [REDACTED] Topics referred to by
8-584: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Klokotnitsa, Haskovo Province The village is famous for the great battle on 9 March 1230 between the Bulgarian tsar Ivan Asen II and the Byzantine Greek ruler Theodore Komnenos Doukas . After the battle, Bulgaria became for a time the largest power in the Balkan peninsula, stretching between
12-802: The Black Sea , the Aegean Sea and the Adriatic Sea . To mark the victory, Tsar Ivan Asen II built the SS. Forty Martyrs Church in Veliko Tarnovo and put a stone column in it . A small relief by the E-80 international road commemorates the battle. This village once belonged to the Hasköylü Ağalık ( Agaluk of Haskovo ). Klokotnitsa Ridge on Trinity Peninsula , Antarctica is named after
16-478: The same term This disambiguation page lists articles about distinct geographical locations with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Klokotnitsa&oldid=1254792446 " Category : Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Articles containing Bulgarian-language text Short description
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