42°25′N 25°52′E / 42.417°N 25.867°E / 42.417; 25.867 Zagore ( Bulgarian : Загоре [zɐˈɡɔrɛ] ), also Zagorie ( Загорие ), Zagora ( Загора ), or Zagoriya ( Загория ), was a vaguely defined medieval region in what is now Bulgaria . Its name is of Slavic origin and means "beyond [i.e. south of] the [Balkan] mountains ". The region was first mentioned as Ζαγόρια in Greek (in an Old Bulgarian translation it was rendered as Загорїа) when it was ceded to the First Bulgarian Empire by the Byzantine Empire during the rule of Tervel of Bulgaria in the very beginning of the 8th century ( Byzantine–Bulgarian Treaty of 716 ). From the context, Zagore can be defined as a region in northeastern Thrace .
5-552: Zagore may refer to: Zagore (region) (also Zagora, Zagorie, Zagoriya), a region in medieval Bulgaria Zagore, Croatia , a village Mošćenička Draga Municipality, Primorje-Gorski Kotar County, Croatia Zagore, Stara Zagora Province , a village Stara Zagora Municipality, Stara Zagora Province, Bulgaria Shopluk Zagore , a region in Bulgaria See also [ edit ] All pages with titles containing Zagore Zagorë ,
10-457: A village Shkrel Municipality, Malësi e Madhe District, Shkodër County, Albania Zagora (disambiguation) Zagori (disambiguation) Zagorje (disambiguation) Záhorie , a region in Slovakia Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Zagore . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
15-537: The active import of high-quality Zagoran wax ( cera zagora , variously spelled zachori , zaura , zachorj , zacora ) from Bulgaria, often bought in Sofia . Today, the name of the region lives on in the toponyms Stara Zagora ("Old Zagora", a major city in northeastern Thrace , the capital of Stara Zagora Province ) and Nova Zagora ("New Zagora", a city in Sliven Province ). Zagore Beach on Livingston Island of
20-466: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Zagore&oldid=1213331063 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Zagore (region) During the Second Bulgarian Empire ,
25-545: The region was also mentioned in Tsar Ivan Asen II of Bulgaria 's post-1230 Dubrovnik Charter, which allowed Ragusan merchants to trade in the Bulgarian lands, among which "the whole Zagore" (пѡ всемѹ Загѡриѹ). A 14th-century Venetian documents refer to Zagora as a synonym for Bulgaria (e.g. partes del Zagora, subditas Dobrotice in a document from 14 February 1384). Similarly, later Ragusan sources regularly evidence
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