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Description: See more about Plovdiv here: fairyfleurblog.blogspot.com/2015/07/one-of-oldest-cities-in-world.html Plovdiv is a bulgarian city, which was given various names throughout its long history. It was originally a Thracian settlement by the name of Eumolpias, named after the mythical Thracian king Eumolpos, son of Poseidon. Philip II of Macedon conquered the area in 342-341 BC and renamed the city Philippoupolis (Greek: Φιλιππούπολις); the later Thracian name for the city, Pulpudeva, is a translation. After the Romans took control of the area, the city was named Latin: Trimontium, meaning the Three Hills. The Slavic name occurred in different variants, Pəldin (Пълдин), Pləpdiv (Плъпдив) and Ploudin (Плоудин), based on the city's later Thracian name Pulpudeva, while the current variant Plovdiv was documented (as Пло(в)дївь) for the first time in an Bulgarian apocryphal chronicle of the 11th century. The city was known as Philippopolis in Western Europe well into the early 20th century. The asteroid (minor planet) 3860 Plovdiv is named after the city. It was discovered by the Bulgarian astronomer Violeta G. Ivanova on 8 August 1986. Plovdiv Peak (1,040 m/3,412 ft) on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica is also named after Plovdiv You can find more information about the city here: - Official web page: plovdiv.bg - The Ancient Stadium and the Ancient city of Philippopolis: ancient-stadium-plovdiv.eu/?p=11&l=2 - Virtual tour around Plovdiv: plovdivbg.info/?lang=en