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The most important pilgrimage site for Catholics there for 400 years has been the Shrine of Our Lady ...

It borders the Atlantic Ocean to the west and south, and Spain to the north and east - the only country that has a land border with Portugal.

The most widespread terrestrial ecosystem is forests, which cover 36% of the country's area. The for ...

Its area is 41.277 square kilometers, of which 39.997 square kilometers is land and 1280 square kilometers is water. The country's length from north to south is 220 km and from east to west 350 km.

The largest cities, apart from Sofia, include Plovdiv, Varna, Burgas, Ruse, Stara Zagora, Pleven, Sliven, Dobrich, Shumen, and others.

However, it falls far short of Western standards. International and non-governmental human rights organizations point to frequent violations of these rights by the authorities.

They include 4 national parks, protected landscape areas, 891 reserves, and 1297 natural monuments. Five sites have the status of world biosphere reserves.

During this time, there were various uprisings and wars against domination, such as the Irish Nine Y ...

In the Black Sea basin, the longest river is the Danube (length within Bulgaria - 471 km), which is ...

These experiments, combined with a lack of pollution control, have contributed to alarmingly high disease rates in many rural regions.