The historical depth, into which we can penetrate into the past of the cultural-and-spiritual center of Bansko, extends as far back as to that limit, which marks the beginning of the legends and the traditions. That is the reason why every story about Bansko, even the most common one, heard in that town, sounds lifelike when told in the irresistible in its charm “Bankovskite speech”, which is both music and poetry with an inimitable dramatic intonation. The conquering with its magnificence mountainous scenery, allotted to Bansko, is a perfect natural creation which has in itself been a challenge to the artists, the poets ... |
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Rila Monastery is the stateliest historical monument of the Bulgarian's spirit. It's intricate and expressive architectural ensemble has been a treasure-house of priceless aesthetical relics and at the same time a living center of the nascency and evolution of the most progressive cultural-and-historical processes through the centuries. Viewed against th background of the rich architectural structure and of Bulgaria's church construction, it is not a solitary summit, but beyond all questions the highest one among the peaks of the country's national architecture. A permanent object of patriotic pride and of ... |
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Широкообхватен и увлекателен пътеводител в историята на архитектурата на XX век. Петдесетте най-вълнуващи, най-красиви паметници на модерната епоха между утопията, прагматизма и естетиката. Книгата е адресирана към най-широк кръг читатели, интересуващи се от развитието на архитектурата през ХХ в. 50-те статии представят най-значимите архитектурни творби, построени през изминалия век, и техните автори от първия небостъргач в Ню Йорк през школата на Баухаус, моста "Голдън Гейт" и музея "Гугенхайм" до Потсдамския площад в Берлин. От фабриките, селищата и гарите от началото на XX век до футуристичния ... |
