{"id":1062,"date":"2010-01-01T09:16:00","date_gmt":"2010-01-01T07:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bronicable.com\/en\/uncategorized\/on-this-day-in-bulgaria-september-16\/"},"modified":"2026-07-16T19:39:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T17:39:10","slug":"on-this-day-in-bulgaria-september-16","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bronicable.com\/en\/on-this-day-in-bulgaria\/on-this-day-in-bulgaria-september-16\/","title":{"rendered":"On This Day in Bulgaria: September 16"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Every day in Bulgarian history holds a story worth remembering. In this recurring series, <strong>On This Day in Bulgaria<\/strong>, we look back at notable events, decisions, and milestones that happened on this date across the country&#8217;s history.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>September 16, 1875 \u2014 Stara Zagora Uprising<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>An armed uprising organized by the Bulgarian Revolutionary Central Committee broke out in Stara Zagora against Ottoman rule. Although poorly coordinated and quickly suppressed by the Ottoman authorities, the Stara Zagora Uprising served as an important precursor and tactical lesson for the historic April Uprising of 1876.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>September 16, 1975 \u2014 National Palace of Culture (NDK) Proposed<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Plans for the construction of a major cultural and congress center in Sofia (now known as the National Palace of Culture, or NDK) were officially presented. Built to commemorate the 1300th anniversary of the founding of the Bulgarian state, NDK would become the largest multifunctional congress center in Southeast Europe and an architectural landmark of Sofia.<\/p>\n<p>Explore more of Bulgaria&#8217;s story on <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/bronicable.com\/en\/\">Bronicable<\/a><\/strong>, including our <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/bronicable.com\/en\/category\/from-above\/\">Bulgaria From Above<\/a><\/strong> series and our guides to <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/bronicable.com\/en\/category\/bulgaria\/\">the best of Bulgaria<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On this day in Bulgarian history: the Stara Zagora Uprising broke out in 1875, and the construction of the National Palace of Culture was proposed in 1975.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":973,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1062","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-on-this-day-in-bulgaria","latest_post"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - 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