Walking with the bolyars Traditional Geocache
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It is said that the earth's circle which the human race inhabits
is torn across into many bights, so that great seas run into the
land from the out-ocean.
The cache is in the greatest and the most magnificent bulgarian
city of Veliko Tarnovo. It is one of the oldest settlements in
Bulgaria, having a history of more than 5 millennia. The city was
the capital of Bulgaria during the Second Bulgarian Empire
(1185-1396). One of Bulgaria's primary tourist destinations, Veliko
Tarnovo boasts many historical monuments and landmarks, such as the
ruins of the castle Carevec on the hill of the same name, which
housed the royal and patriarchal palace, and Trapezica, the second
fortress of the inner city on the right bank of Yantra. Next to
Carevec is the Sveta Gora hill (Holy Wood) where "St. Cyril and St.
Methodius University of Veliko Tarnovo" is located. Veliko Tarnovo
is the most bulgarian place in Bulgaria.
The oldest Slavic form of boyar — bolyarin — is found in Bulgaria,
where it might be related to the old Bulgar title boila, which
denoted a high aristocratic status among the Bulgars. It was
probably transformed through boilar or bilyar to bolyar and
bolyarin. A member of the nobility during the First Bulgarian
Empire was called a boila, while in the Second Bulgarian Empire the
corresponding title became bolyar or bolyarin. Bolyar, as well as
its predecessor, boila, was a hereditary title. The bolyars were
divided into veliki (great) and mali (small). In Bulgaria at
present the word "bolyari" is used as a nickname for the
inhabitants of Veliko Tarnovo — the capital of the Second Bulgarian
Empire. So, welcome to your "walking with the bolyars". Video
about the city of Veliko Tarnovo.
The cache container is a plastic kitchen box with a yellow cover.
The cache was reestablished on the 9th of August 2007 thanks to
pityulino, http://www.ha5oj.hu/
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
Vg vf cynprq va gur fhccbegvat jnyy arne gur fgnvef.