The Thracian funeral burial mounds (tumuli) in the archaeological reserve of “Sborianovo”, near Isperih are built as a mirror projection of the starry sky and hides an astronomical information, older than the Babylonian one.  This hypothesis is proposed by the 76-year-old historian and ex-director of the Isperih museum – Iordan Stephanov.

The disposition of these tumuli recreates the constellations of the visible part of the sky from our latitude: Ursa major, Camelopardalis (giraffe), Auriga, Perseus, Cassiopeia, Lacerta, Cepheus and Draco (dragon). The size of the tumuli corresponds to the brightness of the stars.

The hypothesis of “Sborianovo”, being a huge ancient astronomical complex, is sustained by the so-called “Mysterious stone” found in the atrium of the central chamber of the King mound in “Sveshtari”.  According to the astronomer prof. Vladimier Dermendjiev, from the astronomical observatory of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, the stone hides an ancient astronomical information.

Nobody can explain the purpose of building this astronomical chart, but the precision of copying the sky with it’s constellations speaks about the exceptional geodesic skills of the Thracian and their knowledge of the outer space.

The star map of “Sborianovo” is much more complicated than the representation of the constellation “Pleiades”, founded in January this year, in Val-d’Aoste, Italy.

According to the historical Iordan Stephanov, the biggest mystery is how the architect has planed his conception to be executed for the further three centuries.

“St. St. Cyril and Methodius” also known as the Solun’s brothers are Methodius and Konstantin philosopher , creators and distributors of the first slavic alphabet the Glagolitic alphabet or just Glagolitsa. They are canonized as saints for the transliteration and popularization of the holy bible on Old Church Slavonic.
Methodius and Constantine philosopher were born in Sоlun (known as Thessaloniki), the Byzantian empire during the XIX century, at family of nine persons in the family of brass hat military superintendant Luv and his wife Maria. Methodius is the bigger one, he was born during the 810 year, Konstantin was born in 827 and almost at the end of his life he gets the name Cyril. Their father dies too early and they pass under the guardianship of their uncle Teoktisto, who’s a highly placed official at the Empire. During the year 843, Cyril arrives at Constantinople and starts his studies at the prestige University of the palace hall of Magnaura. For Methodius, Teoktisto has found another service as governor of administrative area, populated almost with Slavs from the bulgarian group.
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Arbanasi monastery is situated at the north western part of the Arbanasy village. Probably the monastery has a Middle Ages provenance, because of the nearly situated ancient stronghold, Roman street also. Under the entrance at the eastern is erected after the liberty church tower. There is existing superscription for the renovate of the monastery during the 1836. At the first years of the yoke the monastery become desolate and the church has been used as parish church. The wonder-working sacred sacred image ” Vurgin Mery handed” with silver halo. The church is low-rise, single-hull, single apse building with two narthex and quite big chapel ‘Saint Trinity’ at the northern side. The church has been renovated during the 1680. At 1716 has been started building processes for residential, housing and farm buildings by the Troian’s monarch Danalil, Father Superior of the men’s monastery. The monastery has been demolished during the attacks of Arbanasi by the kurdjalii turks at 1798,
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 The ‘Saint Dimiter’ church is situated under the north-eastern slope of Trapezica, at the right coast of Yantra river, This is the oldest and precious dated middle age church in Turnovgrad. This temple is related to the manifestation of the rebel of the Bulgarians during the 1185 under the rule of the boyars Peter and Asen for rejecting the Byzantian domination. After the successful end of the rebel and the restoring of the Bulgarian Kingdom, the church probably has been reformed into King’s one. Here are crowned the first possessors of the Asen’s dynasty- Peter, Asen, Kaloyan. Little bit later, at the end of XVII century and the beginning of XVII century, toward the church has been constructed and monastery. Dated to this buildings are the archaeological finds after 1971, four big buildings , situated toward the east, west and south directions. The church “ Saint Dimiter” and the monastery survive to the third quarter of XIII when they are demolished, probably by earth shake. Later, during the XV century with materials from the demolished church, southern to her has been erected another church, which is on the basements of the southern monastery building. After the destroying of the “Saint Dimiter” church and the monastery around during the second half of the XIV century, here has been created big Christiandom necropolis, that survive until the XX century, There are explored and investigated more that 500 funerals by this necropolis, all the finds and rests are preserved at ossuary in the northern part f the yard.
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Ilarion Makariopolski is born at 1812 at Elena. He got amazing education for this epoch. It begins at his born town and later on at the Greek school at Arbanasi. Ilarion Makariopolski become a monk at Hilandar monastery (1832) and he continues his education at the school of Teofilius Kairis at Andros iland, where his class mate is Stoyan Chomakov. Later Ilarion Makariopolski learns 3 years at the famous Athen’s gymnasium. He is closed to Georgi Sava Rakovski and active member at the Macedonian revolutionary movement. Since 1844 he leads with Neofit Bozveli the church-national struggle. During 1845-1850 after pressure given from the Russian diplomats under the government, he is exiled at Mount Athos.
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Georgi Stoykov Rakovski (real name Subi Stoykov Popovich) is bulgarian revolutionary and patriot, truly writer of the Bulgarian national revival. He is born in Kotel at cheerful trade and craftsman’s family. Rakovski is learn at the local school, then continues at Karlovo where teaches Rayno Popovich. From the end of 1837 he behave at the great school in Kurucheshme (Istanbul). He studies branch of scholarship and natural sciences, ancient and modern languages. He reacts at each or any attempt against patriots and Bulgarian revolutionaries. He set in touch with the figures of the church struggle Neofit Bozveli and Ilarion Marariopolski. During the 1841 he travel to Athens where he creates the secret Macedonian association in purpose of organizing revolt. Georgi Rakovski is traveling to Braila (under the alias Georgi Macedon), when he become aware of preparation between Bulgarian and Grecians for collaborated rise. The rebellion is spoiled by the Romanian authorities but Rakovski is staying at Braila for reason of continuing the organization of the patriotic forces. He is leaving on this period from all he is able to collect ast private teacher in Hellenic and French language. There is another attempt of the Romanian authorities to react but Rakovski is able to conceal himself. He contacts the Russian consul but he betray Rakovski to the Romanian government and at the 14th of July, 1848 Georgi rakovski is convicted to dead. Because he has been Grecian resident, the Grecian consulate is attempting to send Rakovski to Athens, but the Grecian ambassador at Istanbul sent secretly the Bulgarian revolutionary in France. Rakovski stays in Marseille for one and an half year. He is unable to study in Paris, as the Grecian consul promises to him and then he decides to go back at the hometown Kotel and enjoying of the national fight. To mislead the police he changes his name from Subi Popovich to Georgi Rakovski. Again, along the livery companies in town he is trying to fight with all of them against the bosses and they are defamed to the Turk authority. Each of them is receiving 7 years long judgment of rigorous, dungeon gaol. Later on Rakovski is being liberated. His sufferings from this period he types at his memories.
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