Not a portrait

Basil of Tarnovo

Life dates unknown

Where you meet Basil of Tarnovo

Cut-out detail; background removed. Papal seal in the National Museum of Ireland. The photograph’s title attributes it to Innocent III and says it was found in Dublin. Paul and Peter are visible. — Sailko · CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

On 8 November 1204, Leo places a crown on Kaloyan’s head at Tarnovo.

Scene 2 · Kaloyan

Find Adrianople between Tarnovo and Constantinople. In spring 1205, Greek inhabitants of Thrace rise against the Latin conquerors.

Scene 5 · Kaloyan

The photograph shows Baldwin Tower on Tsarevets, the fortified hill at Tarnovo.

Scene 8 · Kaloyan

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Fresco · Unknown painter · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Joachim
Icon · Samokov School (artist unknown); Stolichanin (reproduction) · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Euthymius
Fresco · Unknown painter; Carlo Raso (photograph) · CC0 · Wikimedia Commons
Innocent III
Not a portrait · www.vacacionesbulgaria.com (Infobgv) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Cardinal Leo
Icon · Unknown Byzantine painter · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Saint Peter
Contemporary portrait, 1259 · uploaded by bg:Потребител:Kandi · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Kaloyan

Second Tsardom

Kaloyan

Sources

Innocent III, Kaloyan and Archbishop Basil; Bulgarian translation Mihail Voynov and Ivan Duychev; notes Ivan Bozhilov; general editor Emil Iv. Dimitrov Преписка на българите с папа Инокентий III Държава и църква през XIII век. Синодик на цар Борил. Sofia: Slavika; digital transcription at kroraina.com · 1999 · 8–9, 22–25, 34–35, 46–53
Angel Nikolov Archaeological evidence of Bulgaria’s contacts with the Latin Empire and the Roman Church in the first half of the 13th century. Preliminary remarks PDF Studia Academica Šumenensia. Shumen University Press · 2021 · 8 · 227–260
Florin Curta Southeastern Europe in the Middle Ages, 500–1250 PDF Cambridge Medieval Textbooks. Cambridge University Press · 2006 · xxv

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Francesco Dall’Aglio Rex or Imperator? Kalojan’s Royal Title in the Correspondence with Innocent III PDF Studia Ceranea · 2019 · 9 · 171–185
Carlo Raso; medieval painter unknown File:Pope Innocent III (Monastery of Subiaco).jpg Wikimedia Commons; media file description and imageinfo API
www.vacacionesbulgaria.com (Infobgv) File:Tsarevets-Panorama.jpg Wikimedia Commons; media file description and imageinfo API
Geoffrey de Villehardouin; translated by Frank T. Marzials Memoirs or Chronicle of the Fourth Crusade and the Conquest of Constantinople London: J. M. Dent,; Fordham University Internet Medieval Sourcebook · 1908 · 64–69, 87–102
Wikimedia geographical database contributors Adrianople, now Edirne: geographical record Wikimedia geographical database
Wikimedia geographical database contributors Tarnovo, now Veliko Tarnovo: geographical record Wikimedia geographical database
Wikimedia geographical database contributors Constantinople: geographical record Wikimedia geographical database
Wikimedia geographical database contributors Rome: geographical record Wikimedia geographical database
Dosseman File:Edirne Roman Walls and Macedonian Tower 0210.jpg Wikimedia Commons; media file description and imageinfo API
Evgeni Dermendzhiev / Евгени Дерменджиев Югоизточно подградие на столичния Търновград или „Френкхисар“ – квартал на западноевропейски търговци PDF Известия на Регионален исторически музей – Велико Търново · 2017 · XXXII · 63–132
Община Велико Търново Архитектурно-музеен резерват „Царевец“ Official municipal website
ФиУеб ЕООД; unofficial informational website, explicitly unaffiliated with local authorities Царевец — Проучване и възстановяване Tsarevets.eu (unofficial site)
Андрей Романенко File:Baldwin Tower, view from below 01.jpg Wikimedia Commons; media file description and imageinfo API

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Not a portrait

www.vacacionesbulgaria.com · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Not a portrait: Tsarevets today. Illustration to the passage mentioning Basil of Tarnovo.

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www.vacacionesbulgaria.com (Infobgv) / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0. A present-day overview of the fortified hill at Tarnovo. The reconstructed buildings are not an intact medieval capital. Unmodified. Processed image.

Where you meet Basil of Tarnovo

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Kaloyan and the captured emperor

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