St. George's Day Military Parade
Description
» next entryoverview« previous entry| Object: | St. George's Day Military Parade |
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| Description: | Outdoor photograph of men in military uniforms standing in formation. Some of them are holding flags. There is one man in an Orthodox liturgical vestment, standing on an elevated platform along with a man wearing a military uniform with insignia of honour. |
| 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.458 /o:vase.459 /o:vase.460 /o:vase.461 /o:vase.462 /o:vase.463 /o:vase.464 |
| Date: | 1937 |
| Location: | Sofia |
| Country: | Bulgaria |
| Type: | Photograph |
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| Creator: | Karastoyanov, Bozhidar Dimitrov, (Photographer) |
| Dimensions: | Artefact: 135mm 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.: C II 760-4 |
| 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.465 |
