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Unification Day public performance

Unification Day public performance

8/29/2007 9:05:12 AM

Large-scale re-construction of the events of the Unification Day (Sept.6th, 1885) has been organized by the memebers of the Rodolyubie Committee for the feast day of Plovdiv - September 6th. For a second year in a row the citizens will have the chance to see again the events of the arrest of the then Plovdiv Governor Gavrail Krustevich.

The parade in the streets starts at the Zachari Stoyanov's monument in the park behind the Wedding Ceremony Hall, where floral tributes will be laid. Then, at 7.00 PM, the re-construction performeance is going to take place at the Dzhumayata Square. 

 

 


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