Svishtov
Svishtov
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<catset>Category="Towns in Bulgaria"</catset><b>Svishtov</b> (&#1057;<font face='Arial Unicode MS,Code2000'>&#1074;&#1080;&#1097;&#1086;&#1074;</font>, formerly <b>Sistova</b>) is a <a href="Bulgaria">Bulgarian</a> town at the <a href="Danube">Danube</a> river, nearly 235 km north-east from <a href="Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy">Sofia</a>. It lies in the <a href="Veliko Tarnovo Province">oblast of Veliko Tarnovo</a>.<h4 style="margin: 0; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0.17em; font-size: 108%;">History</h4>Svishtov is identified with the Roman colony <i>Novae</i> mentioned by <a href="Ptolemy">Ptolemy</a>. The exact site appears to have been Staklen, to the west of the present town, which has gradually moved eastward since the <a href="16th century">16th century</a>, when it was almost destroyed in the Turkish wars. It was at Svishtov that the peace of <a href="1790">1790</a> was signed, by which the Austrian-Turkish boundary was determined. The town was burned in <a href="1810">1810</a> by the Russians; but after <a href="1820">1820</a> it began to revive, and the introduction of steam traffic on the lower Danube (<a href="1835">1835</a>) restored its prosperity. The <a href="Romania">Romanian</a> town of <a href="Alexandria, Romania">Alexandria</a> was founded by fugitives from Svishtov after the <a href="Russo-Turkish War, 1828-1829">Russo-Turkish War, 1828-1829</a>.<h2 style="margin: 0; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0.17em; border-bottom: 1px solid #aaaaaa; font-size: 150%;">References</h2><ul> <li> </ul>