Veliki Preslav the capital of the Bulgarian Empire The Golden Age of Bulgaria and Tsar Simeon the Great The city arose in the second half of the 9th century during the reign of Tsar Boris I (852 – 889) as a military camp with a fortified palace and garrison, located 30 km from the capital of the First Bulgarian State Pliska. In 893, after the Preslav Church-People's Council, the city was declared the capital of Bulgaria, and also became the seat of the first Bulgarian literary school. The Preslav literary school developed as an important literary and cultural center in Bulgaria, where prominent medieval writers and scholars Naum Ohridski, Konstantin Preslavski, John Exarch, Presbyter Cosmas, Chernorizets Hrabar, Tudor Doksov and others served. The city became one of the most beautiful and majestic cities in Southeast Europe, from which significant monuments of the Pliskovo-Preslav culture were preserved. The outer city was surrounded by white stone walls. The constructions of the gates, towers and walls are similar to those in Pliska. The inner city was also surrounded by a wall, where the royal palace complex was located: majestic stone palaces such as the Great Palace and the Throne Palace with columns, as well as the one richly decorated with mosaics, marble and ceramic icons, the round church and others. The Golden Age For me, Tsar Simeon is the man to whom we owe even our existence today. Because he did the impossible. For 30 years, he raised Bulgaria to the heights of the "universe", the Bulgarians were equal to the Romans/romei/. He made every effort for literature, from an uneducated people, the Bulgarians can rightly be said to be on a par with the Romans in terms of education. Trade flourished everywhere throughout the vast borders of the state. Construction was on the rise. Veliki Preslav was the crown in this comprehensive construction. Bulgarian diplomacy was even better than that of the Romans. He was an exceptional statesman, the likes of which Bulgaria had not known for a long time. Let's start with literature - in a manuscript from the 17th century the following inscription was found: "Simeon the Bulgarian king wrote many books and, like King David, played on golden strings and loved books more than anyone else." More than a century ago, the famous Byzantologist Alfred Rimbaud wrote in his famous work "The Greek Empire in the 10th Century": "Simeon was Charlemagne (Charlemagne) for Bulgaria, more educated than our Charlemagne and much happier than him, because he laid the foundation of a national literature". Tsar Simeon the Great was fortunate to attract the attention of his contemporary-creator. And how could he not, when he was a subject in history, the driver of the historical process itself, and in the true sense of this concept. Because he truly creates history and on a large scale.