VARNA, a fortified town and sea-port of Turkey-in-Europe, in the province of Bulgaria, is situated at the head of a small bey on the west coast of the Black Sea, in 43' 12' N. lat., 27' 53' 58" E. long., and has a population of 16.000 to 20,000. The bay or road of Varna la protected from the north and north-east winds, and has a good bottom, with a depth of S to 15 fathoms. The entrance of the bay is formed by two steep rocky capes (Galata and Hodrova, or Sughan lik), 45 miles asunder. The shores sink gradually to the head of the bay, where In the neighbourhood of the city they are level. The Parlayed River (the ancient Lyginoe), which rises in the Balkan near Shumla, after traversing the two lakes of Deane, discharges itself by a broad stream Into the Black Sea, along the foot of the southern walls of Varna. The distance between the eastern shore of the eastern Lake of Devoe and the Black Sea fa little more than half a mile. It has lately been proposed to deepen the channel of this river so as to admit ships to the lake, whioh would thus be converted into a harbour capable of affording shelter and accommodation to the largest fleets In all weathers. In the isthmus between the two lakes
Alexander the Great defeated the Triballi. The Isthmus is from a mile to a mile and a half broad.
Varna is a wretchedly built town, surrounded by old stone walls and a dry ditch. It. Is a place of considerable trade, the exports of corn, barley, tallow, eggs, and other Bulgarian produee, amount In value to about 600,0004 Austrian steamers between Constantinople and Oalatz put In at Varna. Under the walls of Varna the Sultan Mural II. In 1444 defeated the Hungarians under King Ladislaus (who was killed) and John fluniades. The Russians took Varna In 1828. An Anglo-French army encamped in Varna and its environs in the summer of 1854, preview to Its embarkation for the Crimea.
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