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(pl Dzhumaya) The largely renovated Dzhumaya Mosque, one of the Balkans' oldest,
dates from the mid-15th century. With a 23m-high minaret, it was the largest of Plovdiv's
more than 50 Ottoman mosques, though its thunder has slightly been stolen by the renov-
ated Roman Stadium remains just opposite.
Festivals & Events
International Plovdiv Fair
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( fairgrounds 553 146; bul Tsar Boris III Obedinitel 37; mid-May & late Sep)
Week-long trade fair held in the massive north-side fairgrounds.
TRADE
Cultural Month Festival
( late May-mid-Jul) Performances and exhibits of opera, literature, painting and events
celebrating the greatness of Bulgarian history.
CULTURE
Verdi Festival
( early Jun) Two-week festival of opera concerts in the Roman amphitheatre.
OPERA
International Festival of Chamber Music
( mid-June) Popular 10-day festival of chamber music.
MUSIC
International Folklore Festival
( end Jul-early Aug) Folklore groups perform on the pedestrian mall for free in the af-
ternoon; evening shows performed in amphitheatre.
FOLKLORE
Thracia Summer Music Festival
( Aug) Regional traditional music.
MUSIC
City Holiday
( 6 Sep) Celebration of the Day of National Unification (Narodni Saedinenie), ratified
in Plovdiv in 1885. Unusually, officials shampoo the city's monument before the event.
HOLIDAY
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