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Tsepina (Цепина) or Tzepaina (Τζέπαινα) was a castle and town in the western Rhodope mountains, southern Bulgaria, now in ruins.[1]

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  1. 22 relations: Aisle, Alexius Slav, Bulgaria, Bulgarian–Ottoman wars, Bulgarians, Byzantine civil war of 1341–1347, Byzantine Empire, Byzantine–Bulgarian wars, Chepino Valley, Despot (court title), Dorkovo, Empire of Nicaea, First Bulgarian Empire, John III Doukas Vatatzes, John VI Kantakouzenos, Kaloyan of Bulgaria, Metochion, Michael II Asen, Naousa, Imathia, Pazardzhik Province, Rhodope Mountains, Theodore II Laskaris.

  2. Buildings and structures in Pazardzhik Province
  3. Castles in Bulgaria
  4. Medieval Thrace

Aisle

An aisle is a linear space for walking with rows of non-walking spaces on both sides.

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Alexius Slav

Alexius Slav (Алексий Слав, Ἀλέξιος Σθλαῦος; 1208–28) was a Bulgarian nobleman (bolyarin), a member of the Asen dynasty, and a nephew of the first three Asen brothers.

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Bulgaria

Bulgaria, officially the Republic of Bulgaria, is a country in Southeast Europe. Located west of the Black Sea and south of the Danube river, Bulgaria is bordered by Greece and Turkey to the south, Serbia and North Macedonia to the west, and Romania to the north. It covers a territory of and is the 16th largest country in Europe.

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Bulgarian–Ottoman wars

The Bulgarian–Ottoman wars were fought between the kingdoms remaining from the disintegrating Second Bulgarian Empire, and the Ottoman Empire, in the second half of the 14th century.

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Bulgarians

Bulgarians (bŭlgari) are a nation and South Slavic ethnic group native to Bulgaria and its neighbouring region, who share a common Bulgarian ancestry, culture, history and language.

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Byzantine civil war of 1341–1347

The Byzantine civil war of 1341–1347, sometimes referred to as the Second Palaiologan Civil War, was a conflict that broke out in the Byzantine Empire after the death of Andronikos III Palaiologos over the guardianship of his nine-year-old son and heir, John V Palaiologos. Tsepina and Byzantine civil war of 1341–1347 are medieval Thrace.

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Byzantine Empire

The Byzantine Empire, also referred to as the Eastern Roman Empire, was the continuation of the Roman Empire centered in Constantinople during Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages.

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Byzantine–Bulgarian wars

The Byzantine–Bulgarian wars were a series of conflicts fought between the Byzantine Empire and Bulgaria which began after the Bulgars conquered parts of the Balkan peninsula after 680 AD.

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Chepino Valley

The Chepino Valley, or Chepino (Чепино), is the largest valley in the Rhodope Mountains in southern Bulgaria. Tsepina and Chepino Valley are Rhodope Mountains.

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Despot (court title)

Despot or despotes (lord, master) was a senior Byzantine court title that was bestowed on the sons or sons-in-law of reigning emperors, and initially denoted the heir-apparent of the Byzantine emperor.

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Dorkovo

Dorkovo (Дорково; Dorcova) is a village in the Rakitovo municipality, Pazardzhik Province, western Bulgaria.

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Empire of Nicaea

The Empire of Nicaea (Βασιλεία Ῥωμαίων) or the Nicene Empire was the largest of the three Byzantine GreekA Short history of Greece from early times to 1964 by W. A. Heurtley, H. C. Darby, C. W. Crawley, C. M. Woodhouse (1967), p. 55: "There in the prosperous city of Nicaea, Theodoros Laskaris, the son in law of a former Byzantine Emperor, establish a court that soon become the Small but reviving Greek empire." rump states founded by the aristocracy of the Byzantine Empire that fled when Constantinople was occupied by Western European and Venetian armed forces during the Fourth Crusade, a military event known as the Sack of Constantinople.

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First Bulgarian Empire

The First Bulgarian Empire (blŭgarĭsko tsěsarǐstvije; Първо българско царство) was a medieval state that existed in Southeastern Europe between the 7th and 11th centuries AD. It was founded in 680–681 after part of the Bulgars, led by Asparuh, moved south to the northeastern Balkans.

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John III Doukas Vatatzes

John III Doukas Vatatzes, Latinized as Ducas Vatatzes (Ἱωάννης Δούκας Βατάτζης, Iōannēs Doukas Vatatzēs, c. 1192 – 3 November 1254), was Emperor of Nicaea from 1221 to 1254.

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John VI Kantakouzenos

John VI Kantakouzenos or Cantacuzene (Ἰωάννης Ἄγγελος Παλαιολόγος Καντακουζηνός, Iōánnēs Ángelos Palaiológos Kantakouzēnós; Johannes Cantacuzenus; – 15 June 1383) was a Byzantine Greek nobleman, statesman, and general.

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Kaloyan of Bulgaria

Kaloyan or Kalojan, also known as Ivan I, Ioannitsa or Johannitsa (Калоян, Йоаница; 1170 – October 1207), the Romanslayer, was emperor or tsar of Bulgaria from 1196 to 1207.

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Metochion

A metochion or metochi (metóchion or metóchi; podvorie) is an ecclesiastical embassy church within Eastern Orthodox tradition.

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Michael II Asen

Michael II Asen (Михаил II Асен; 1239 – December 1256/January 1257) was emperor (tsar) of Bulgaria from 1246 to 1256 or 1257.

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Naousa, Imathia

Naousa (Νάουσα, historically Νάουσσα - Naoussa; Naustã), officially The Heroic City of Naousa is a city in the Imathia regional unit of Central Macedonia, Greece.

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Pazardzhik Province

Pazardzhik Province (Област Пазарджик Oblast Pazardzhik, former name Pazardzhik okrug) is a province in Southern Bulgaria, named after its administrative and industrial centre: the city of Pazardzhik.

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Rhodope Mountains

The Rhodopes (Родопи, Rodopi; Ροδόπη, Rodopi; Rodoplar) are a mountain range in Southeastern Europe, and the largest by area in Bulgaria, with over 83% of its area in the southern part of the country and the remainder in Greece.

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Theodore II Laskaris

Theodore II Doukas Laskaris or Ducas Lascaris (Theodōros Doukas Laskaris; November 1221/1222 – 16 August 1258) was Emperor of Nicaea from 1254 to 1258.

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See also

Buildings and structures in Pazardzhik Province

Castles in Bulgaria

Medieval Thrace

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsepina

Also known as Tzepaina.