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Razgrad (Bulgarian: Разград) is a city in northeastern Bulgaria and the
capital of Razgrad Province, built upon the ruins of the Ancient Roman
town of Abritus on the banks of the Beli Lom. Razgrad has one of the
densest Turkish populations in Bulgaria, with 27% of the municipality's
citizens declaring to be Turks in 1998. An absolute majority of 69% are
Bulgarians, with the remaining 4% being composed for the most part of
Roma.
Some of Razgrad's landmarks include the Varosha architectural complex
from the 19th century, the ethnographic museum and several other
museums, the characteristic clock tower in the centre built in 1864, the
St Nicholas the Miracle Worker Church from 1860, the Momina cheshma
sculpture, the Mausoleum Ossuary of the Liberators (1879-1880) and the
Ibrahim Pasha Mosque from 1530. The mosque is said to be the third
largest one in the Balkans, excluding Istanbul its reconstruction has
still not been completed, having begun in Communist times.
In 251, the town was the site of the Battle of Abrittus, during which
the Goths defeated a Roman army under the emperors Trajan Decius and
Herennius Etruscus. The battle is notable for being the first occasion
of a Roman emperor being killed in a battle with barbarians.
The name of the city was Hezargrad in the Ottoman times.
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