St. George's Day Military Parade
Description
» next entryoverview« previous entry| Object: | St. George's Day Military Parade |
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| Description: | There are three groups of people in the picture, following each other in a parade: A group of men wearing Orthodox priests' vestments at the left margin of the image. Behind them, in the centre of the image, there is a group of three men in military uniforms. One of them is wearing a helmet, while the other two are holding their hats in their hands. The third group is a line of people at the right margin of the image. There are women in urban clothes and men in military uniforms. |
| Comment: | King Boris III, Bulgarian officers and priests at a military tattoo. St. George's Day (23 April in the Julian calendar, which corresponds to 6 May in the Gregorian calendar) is the day of the Bulgarian Army, made official by a decree of Knyaz Alexander of Bulgaria on 9 January 1880. Parades are organized in the capital Sofia to present the best of the army's equipment and manpower. | Relations: | /o:vase.459 /o:vase.460 /o:vase.461 /o:vase.462 /o:vase.463 /o:vase.464 /o:vase.465 |
| Date: | 1937 |
| Location: | Sofia |
| Country: | Bulgaria |
| Type: | Photograph |
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| Creator: | Karastoyanov, Bozhidar Dimitrov, (Photographer) |
| Dimensions: | Artefact: 134mm x 185mm Image: 117mm x 168mm |
| Format: | Not specified |
| Technique: | Not specified |
| Copyright: | Национална Библиотека "Св. св. Кирил и Методий" |
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| Archive: | St. Cyril and St. Methodius National Library, Inv. No.: С ІІ 756-1 |
| License: | This picture is licensed under Creative Commons [CC BY-NC-ND 3.0] |
| Editor: | Anelia Kassabova |
| Permalink: | https://gams.uni-graz.at/o:vase.458 |
