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Founded seven thousand years ago, Sofia is the second oldest capital city in Europe. It has been given several names in the course of history and the remnants of the old cities can still be seen today.

Sofia was originally a Thracian settlement named Sardica, named after the Thracian tribe of Serdi . It was captured by Rome in AD 29 and became the capital of Dacia Mediterranea province. It was destroyed by the Huns in 447. The city was rebuilt by Byzantine Emperor Justinian IJustinian I born Flavius Petrus Sabbatius ( May 11, 483 November 13/ 14, 565). He served as Eastern Roman Emperor from AD August 1, 527 to November 13/ 14, 565. Life Justinian I was born in a small village called Tauresina ( Taor) in Illyricum (near Skopj and renamed Triaditsa. Known as Sredets under the BulgarsBulgars (also Bolgars or proto-Bulgarians a people of Central Asia, probably originally Pamirian, whose branches became Slavicized and perhaps Turkic over time. The Turkic etymology most often given for their name is Bulgha meaning sable and is of totemis, it was renamed Sofia (meaning "wisdom") in 1376Events March The treaty between England and France is extended until April of 1377. April 28 The Good Parliament in England begins. June 7 The dying Prince Edward summons his father Edward III and brother John of Gaunt and makes them swear to uphold the c. Sofia was taken by the OttomansOsmanlı İmparatorluğu Devlet-i Aliye-i Osmaniye The Ottoman Coat of Arms Imperial motto: unknown The Ottoman Empire at the height of its power Official language Ottoman Turkish Capital İstanbul ( Constantinople) Sovereigns Sultans in 1382Events End of the reign of Emperor Go-En'yu of Japan, fifth and last of the Northern Ashikaga Pretenders Emperor Go-Komatsu ascends to the throne of Japan John Wyclif's teachings are condemned by the Synod of London. September, 30: Trieste being donated b and became the capital of the TurkishTurkey (officially the Republic of Turkey Turkish Turkiye is a country located in Southwest Asia with a small part in southeastern Europe. Until 1922 the country was the center of the Ottoman Empire. The Anatolian peninsula, between the Black Sea and the province of RumeliaRumelia (or Roumelia) (in Turkish Rumeli the East Roman or Byzantine Empire), a name commonly used, from the 15th century onwards, to denote the part of the Balkan Peninsula subject to the Ottoman Empire. More precisely it was the country bounded north by. Sofia was taken by the RussiansThe Russian Federation ( Russian: , transliteration: Rossiyskaya Federatsiya or Rossijskaja Federacija , or Russia (Russian: , transliteration: Rossiya or Rossija , is a country that stretches over a vast expanse of eastern Europe and northern Asia. With in 1878, and became the capital of an independent Bulgaria in 1879. During World War II the Russians captured Sofia and Bulgaria from the pro- German government.

There are 16 universities in the city, among which Sofia University, founded in 1889. It is the see of an Eastern Orthodox metropolitan and of a Roman Catholic diocese. Landmarks include the Church of St. George, the Church of St. Sofia , the Banya Bashi , and the Alexander Nevski Cathedral.

The motto of the city is "It Grows But Does Not Age".