14 Days work, more than 5 hours work everyday on this and total 458 frames created for this video... *You shall only blame Khan Kubrat for creating the first Bulgarian state so early* 2020 edit: This is total cringe btw
@aleksk41516 жыл бұрын
you deserve over 2,000 Subscribers ! Sub to him people
@legendmk526 жыл бұрын
Nice. I was suprised to see you not including Macedonian as a language or ethnic group( I know that you are Bulgarian but you once said you recognized our language). Then I realised that this is an alternate timeline. It is a good video though. A lot of effort. Greetings from Skopje.
@legendmk526 жыл бұрын
Also can you do an alternate history of Macedonia?
@nOtstrO6 жыл бұрын
how u make this borders they are awesome!!
@kraiser24876 жыл бұрын
Austria next?
@Nassamest5 жыл бұрын
5:04 this image is so cursed, i can't forgive it to you
@VengefulAzana4 жыл бұрын
MyArtur16 no no it’s perfect
@piosenkinazabawkowympianin76834 жыл бұрын
Aaaaaaaaaa it hurts plz kill me
@SwagMessiahOfficial4 жыл бұрын
It is tho
@jorgeluiscarrazanarodrigue44474 жыл бұрын
When you fail in the Geografy Test:
@balkanist99634 жыл бұрын
LOL
@davidloredo54275 жыл бұрын
11:37 Ethiopia: (chuckles) im in danger
@musatrobertmarius5 жыл бұрын
Very nice!!! I'm not Bulgarian (I'm Romanian), bit I love Bulgaria. 🇷🇴❤🇧🇬. Orthodox brothers.
@wermthewerm3 жыл бұрын
Bro every fucking video about countries has one of these comments
@lithuanian_mapper6 жыл бұрын
The ending was amazing
@WTFCDFoxy6 жыл бұрын
What did you mean exactly? The statistics (Largest cities, Ethnicities map, etc.) Or the Tsar Simeon I Quote?
@lithuanian_mapper6 жыл бұрын
both of them ;)
@marcobianchi16055 жыл бұрын
Tsar Simeon has reigned from 70 years!
@legendarygodzilla35775 жыл бұрын
@@WTFCDFoxy can i leave a suggestion?
@zorikrisi5 жыл бұрын
Oh my lord imagine the Byzantine Emperor Alexander accepted the unite
@Djanbari5 жыл бұрын
Знаеш толкова английски, колкото аз знам испански.
@lucaslevinsky88025 жыл бұрын
super powerful empire
@noone-pl2gj5 жыл бұрын
@@lucaslevinsky8802 yet probably would fall to the ottomans
@stoqngeorgiev43674 жыл бұрын
аз почти незнам англиски
@alexanderpaleologos12183 жыл бұрын
HEY MY MAN I THINK YOU WOULD REFERRING TO CONSTANTINOS PALAIOLOGOS. Alexander was almost 1000 years before.
@bulgarianmapper17966 жыл бұрын
Браво, хареса ми как си направил други известни български личности владетели през годините! Съб и лайк!
@trajcetalevski6934 жыл бұрын
Se e lazno bugari od Kade vie vo 2018 na makedonska teritorija
@just_hris2 жыл бұрын
@@trajcetalevski693 macedonia sa bulgari
@viktoriaria_asmr6 жыл бұрын
Невероятно въображение, съчетано с много интелект! Браво!
@boozashakes42544 жыл бұрын
is your capital in ukraine,Bulgaria,macedonia, or italy ,first bulgarian empire:yes
@lyubenlozanov64712 жыл бұрын
Theres no such thing as macedonia
@Hedzogawa2 жыл бұрын
@@lyubenlozanov6471 +
@Iberian_XAVO2 жыл бұрын
@@lyubenlozanov6471 average greek fan
@lyubenlozanov64712 жыл бұрын
@@Iberian_XAVO no im chad bulgaria enjoyer
@Rabid_Nationalist2 жыл бұрын
@@lyubenlozanov6471 sooooo which kingdom did Phillip II lead?
@orcaeng57935 жыл бұрын
who remembers that time in actual history when bulgaria was mostly in romania?
@trajcetalevski6934 жыл бұрын
How in 1903 Bulgaria is empire on the Macedonian ,serb and Greek land
@ДимитърСпасов-ъ3ф4 жыл бұрын
When,can you tell me when
@genericchannelname41104 жыл бұрын
Димитър Спасов in the 1200s
@pyroshrimp40733 жыл бұрын
@@genericchannelname4110 in the 1200s they were in bulgaria and macedon, they were romania in 700s
@genericchannelname41103 жыл бұрын
@@pyroshrimp4073 in the 1200s they were Romania and northern Bulgaria, in the 700s they were Moldavia and Crimea
@SansTheSkeleton-nn1ur5 жыл бұрын
Respect Bulgaria from Romania
@notascientist7095 жыл бұрын
Broke: Alternate history of German empire 1800-2018 WOKE: Alternate history of Bulgaria 632-2018
@marti4ko1806 жыл бұрын
This is literally one of the best videos i watched... It's worth the time of making. Good luck with the mapping! Hope you have a llot more subs!
@Veriox225 жыл бұрын
Me: Sees a history of bulgaria video made from a bulgarian Me: oh boy
@alexandyrmitew99643 жыл бұрын
God is Bulgarian! Trust me :F
@pyroshrimp40733 жыл бұрын
@@alexandyrmitew9964 god is from the ancient nation of North macedonia (as we all knoe that country definently has history) and from there bulgaria was made
@masu87113 жыл бұрын
Love bulgaria from macedonia 🇲🇰🇲🇰🇧🇬🇧🇬
@Rabid_Nationalist2 жыл бұрын
Vie ste redok covek.. Navistina.. sakam da bidam ko vas no nemozam
@Orthosaur75322 жыл бұрын
We are the same bruh
@blagoevski336 Жыл бұрын
@@Orthosaur7532 nope
@SirFancyPotato3 ай бұрын
@zbstepps7655 жыл бұрын
absolutely amazing best mapping video i’ve ever seen!!
@zbstepps7655 жыл бұрын
Truly the best mapping video!!
@Obscure47472 ай бұрын
I lost it when Paisius of Hilendar became the monarch and decided to start colonizing Africa. Masterpiece of historical comedy, it deserves more views from people that don't take things seriously and appreciate creativity.
@mylesmontgomery93456 жыл бұрын
your mapping as gotten better nice work man.
@ivandobrev50176 жыл бұрын
Отлична работа! Продължавай все така!
@goldengamer21465 жыл бұрын
??
@johansorensson75786 жыл бұрын
I really love the alternate statistics in the video! I've not seen any mapper who's added statistics! Continue with that.
@johansorensson75786 жыл бұрын
Oh, and by the way, can you do a Sweden video? That would be very nice!
@ΧρῆστοςΚωστελίδης-γ3φ6 жыл бұрын
Where did you find this beautiful map?
@lividboo64723 жыл бұрын
Bulgaria colonizing Arabia is a weird thing to do and I dont think the colonizing powers would let bulgaria colonize this much. Creative video tho
@henricoz_97456 жыл бұрын
Good video! Respect from Italy!
@georgechristman69204 жыл бұрын
Doctor: Bulgarian Italy is not real it can't hurt you. Bulgarian Italy: 5:02
@ryderninja18443 жыл бұрын
Also Therapist: Don't worry, Tunisian Bulgarians doesn't exists, they can't hurt you Also Tunisian Bulgarians: 13:51
@bulgariankid72696 жыл бұрын
the beast video ever
@historyrhymes17016 жыл бұрын
Fantastic!!!
@WTFCDFoxy6 жыл бұрын
Too good to have possibly been real history :(
@pavlinplamenov59376 жыл бұрын
@@WTFCDFoxy V durjava, na koqto susedite I prez cqlata istoriq sa bili vragove, nqma kak da stane
@Bulgarrr4 жыл бұрын
Revisiting this, great work! I challenge you: make this animated with countryballs :P. I doubt you'll do it but just throwing this out there
@odairfranzener44332 жыл бұрын
Tarnovo population: about 80k people Tarnovo population in this video: 5 million wth
@stars52066 жыл бұрын
Bulgaria is oldest country in Europe. Bulgaria is first national state in Europe which adopt Christianity and Bulgarian church became first national independent church in Europe in year 927. Bulgarians created Bulgarian Civilization with Bulgarian language, Bulgarian alphabet Cyrillic and Orthodox Christianity. Bulgarians spread Christianity and the Bible, translated into Bulgarian language and written in Cyrillic, among the so-called "Slavs" and incorporated most of the "Slavs" into Bulgarian civilization, including the Russians. All so-called "Slavic" languages are created on the basis of Bulgarian language. Russian language and so-called "Slavic" languages on the Balkans are dialects of Bulgarian language. Today about 300 million people in Eurasia including Russia use Bulgarian writing system Cyrillic as the official alphabet. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Bulgarian_Empire en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simeon_I_of_Bulgaria en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyrillic_script
@efthymiosanagnostos74276 жыл бұрын
Ummm u know greece is the oldest European country right? Greece and Rome were first orthodox countries when east and west split
@stars52066 жыл бұрын
Educate yourself! Bulgaria was created in year 632 or 1385 years ago and is the oldest European state. Greece appear on the world map for the first time in 1830, or 187 years ago. Italy appear on the world map for the first time in 1865 or 152 years ago. Turkey appear on the world map for the first time in 1923 or 94 years ago. Romania appear on the world map for the first time in 1878, or 139 years ago. Albania appear on the world map for the first time in 1912, or 105 years ago. FYROM (Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia) appear on the world map for the first time in 1992 or 27 years ago
@Опрски6 жыл бұрын
Dude , First Bulgarian States were Turkic(example old Bulgarian Empires or Volga Bulgaria). But Bulgarians changed and they killed theirself. I mean Turks. And we are not peacefull with Bulgaria.
@Опрски6 жыл бұрын
And in our lessons old Bulgarians called old Turkish People. Pechenegs , kipchak and Huns were came Europe with Bulgarians . On Malazgirt war , they helpt to Seljuk Empire . And Turkish people came Anatolia . After we created lot of states and Anatolia became a Turkish Land.
@stars52066 жыл бұрын
Ignorance is a shameful and dangerous phenomenon! Educate yourself. As an introduction, I want to present some ancient sources which speak about Bulgarian people: - Herodotus writes that the Getae are Thracian people. - Strabo writes that the Moesi and the Getae are from the same family and speak the same language. - Cassius Dio writes that the Getae tribe are part of the Scythians. - Procopius writes that the Getae and Sarmatians are from the same origin. - Stephanus of Byzantium claims that the Scythians are Thracian people. V-VI century - Ioannes Malalas: "The so called Achilles went with Atreidai and led his own army of three thousand men, then called Myrmidons and now Bulgarians" - page 97 www.documentacatholicaomnia....raphia_(CSHB_Dindorfii_Recensione),_GR_LT.pdf picture from the text in Greek: facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10150315761464099&set=o.122376701166845&type=1&theater - Michael Attaleiates: History - ''the Moesi ... are certainly Bulgarians who later received their new name ... Bulgarians Myrmidons ..." - John Zonaras: ''Paeonians - Latins or Thracian people of Macedonia. These are so-called Paeonians. Paeonians were Bulgarians. " - Johannes Tzetza: ''Pyros and Akamas (native) of the Thracian Hellespont, Maronietza Evfimos son of Treziius, Pirehmie, who was of the Paeonians they were all from the Bulgarians, from those of the river Axios, also called Vardar'' (see photo with Greek text). XI century - ''Bulgarians who are named Thracians according to the previous (old) monuments'' - „Hinc iter aggressi per fines Vulgariorum, quos vocitant Thracas, ut habent monumenta priorum“ - Fulcher of Chartres, a French priest, (a description of the first crusade in 1096) III-IV century - Mavro Orbin cites evidence of Marcus Aurelius Kasiodor that Bulgarians fought with the Romans about 390 AD. - Cassiodorus writes that the Bulgarians are old Moesian or Illyrian people - Ennodius Ticinensis (473-524, Bishop, court historian of the Gothic King Theodoric) indicate that Bulgarians are old Moesian and Illyrian people. - 4th century map (see photo) by St. Jerome (331-420) - Mesia hec & Vulgaria (Misia here and Bulgaria). It is composed by even older maps - Bishop Eusebius of Caesarea (270 to 33, called the "father of church history." The map is preserved in a copy of the 12th century. letopisec.blog.bg/photos/123281/original/Karta_Ieronim_4_vek22222.jpg I-II century -Flavius Josephus writes ''Dacians called Bulgarians'' In addition: - Ravennatis Anоnymi Cosmographia: „Inter vero Tratiam vel Macedoniam et Mysiam inferiorem modo Bulgari habitant, qui ex super scripta maiore Scythia egressi sunt.” upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5a/Karte_Ravennat.jpg www.venstar.de/extra/App0003a.bmp - Demetrios Chomateno: Brief Life of Clement Ohridski - ''This great Father was a native from the European Moesians, people usually known as Bulgarians. They were displaced in the old days by the military power of Alexander of placement of Brusa, Olympus to the North Atlantic and the Dead Sea, and after a long time with terrible army crossed the Danube and invaded all the neighboring areas: Pannonia and Dalmatia, Thrace and Illyricum, and and much of Macedonia and Thessaly''
@emil81035 жыл бұрын
Its hard to survive more than 1400 years tbh. U did very good job i apreciate your work.
@tatarkhan333 жыл бұрын
The part from 1689 to 2018 seems like the perfect shape for a Bulgaria during that era
@thebilesan6 жыл бұрын
I have an idea. How about Rumelian Republic? Scenario: It all started at the end of 19th sanctuary when all east south slavs united against the ottomans forming a republic, not a monarchy. Macedonia, Bulgaria, East Rumelia, Dobrogea, west and east Thrace, Kutmichevitsa and the Shopluk. Borders: From delta of Danube going south to the town of Kıyıköy, then staight line to town of Enez, going along the coast of west Thrace including the islands Tassos and Samothraki, then the coast of Agean Macedonia ending in Neoi Poroi. Now going west along the border of Thesalia and Epirus leading to Albania where Kutmichevitsa is. The cities of Korca, Berat, Fier, Elbasan, Pogradec and Peshkopi are added. From this point you draw the border on Korab and Shara mountins adding Gora region ending in Kacanik. Now you follow river Morava to the city of Vranje where you add the Serbian Shopluk finishing off with Danube river to the Black sea. Name: Rumelian Republic Nationality: Rumelian Language: Slavian (Rumelian Slavian) - mix of bulgarian, macedonian, torlacian, and other close dialects Flag: just Red
@imspring65164 жыл бұрын
NEWS: MACEDONIA 2
@CaptainFloridaMapper5 жыл бұрын
Do Bulgarians want their Tsar back?
@jiktak6065 жыл бұрын
Not really
@CaptainFloridaMapper5 жыл бұрын
@@jiktak606 ok
@ВасилВасилев-о8о5 жыл бұрын
We just want a better government
@imspring65164 жыл бұрын
@@ВасилВасилев-о8о kat nqma Bai To6o taka staa
@Savy18194 жыл бұрын
Yes
@zosanabria16196 жыл бұрын
aside from bulgaria being op this was actually really good!
@danieltecheres40336 жыл бұрын
Great! Romania next?
@legendmk526 жыл бұрын
And Macedonia
@simeonvasilev82966 жыл бұрын
Macedonia is Bulgaria
@legendmk526 жыл бұрын
@@simeonvasilev8296 and you are stupid.
@ХищникАхотник5 жыл бұрын
0:45 So...Crimea is Bulgaria. (Ukraine Triggered)
@naggu12435 жыл бұрын
It’s everything, it Ukrainian
@pavchoxx4 жыл бұрын
It actually was in 632-680 in real history.
@roulatsoumerkioti11864 жыл бұрын
Until 2014 Russia has got Crimea
@mihailaromanianguy36 жыл бұрын
Your best video!
@balkaneer99916 жыл бұрын
5:05 Bulgaria: fuck it let's be italians
@Williamweinhardt4 жыл бұрын
Quite interesting. The part of the long hold in Sicily and south Italy and specially the colonies required a lot of imagination. 👍👏👏
@xx_skullgamer_xx27545 жыл бұрын
nice i never knew bulgaria didnt start in its current area
@saclend18756 жыл бұрын
Cool,make some video of other countries of balkan peninsula,please
@KEDON5 жыл бұрын
I like a Macedonia alternat video 😁👍 I subscribe
@СпомениотЦарствоБългария6 жыл бұрын
Реваааааа искам да беше така
@Burgas.weather5 жыл бұрын
То си е такааааа
@bulgariannationalist16374 жыл бұрын
@@Burgas.weather само няма ме Македония и Северна Добруджа
@clash_bot4 жыл бұрын
Why in everything alternate video countries are biger than in reality? Why they can not be smaler
@therealpradowaits4 жыл бұрын
patriotism
@aleksk41516 жыл бұрын
wow Amazing video!! So interesting . Bulgaria's lesson is : make allies and be better in diplomacy
@aleksk41516 жыл бұрын
the only thing i regret is Bulgaria not being a Colonial empire *sniffs*
@pyroshrimp40733 жыл бұрын
@@aleksk4151 colonial empires are for nerds
@liliyapokovetska10254 жыл бұрын
Мога ли да измие краката си със сапун за ръце?
@noi16486 жыл бұрын
There is only one flaw all of Bulgarians colony would have been seized really early and bulgaria would not even be able to colonize in the first place
@balazsrekettye87136 жыл бұрын
Very great vid! Which software do you use to Edit the video? 🙂😎
@martinmanolov17732 жыл бұрын
Then we wake up😞
@phoenixfoster-smith85855 жыл бұрын
5:02 I'm sorry w h a t
@petartoshkov20764 жыл бұрын
Like how World War II is comfortably just skipped
@remag-yx4ed5 жыл бұрын
Now we have a slavic africa and slavic india, this universe is perfect.
@nonsenseaight78625 жыл бұрын
Bulgraiq doesn't look like today in this video
@ultragamer49606 жыл бұрын
What are the song names?
@darkithnamgedrf94956 жыл бұрын
Amazing video
@GordonLídlman4 ай бұрын
Most peacefull day in the balkans:
@coppercabisgingerwithcance33774 жыл бұрын
What is the name of the music at 9:15
@mrminion13574 жыл бұрын
Shimmy maritsa
@bulgariagaming24084 жыл бұрын
Shumi Marica kzbin.info/www/bejne/lWq9paeae9iKgtE
@idrisemregoncu42206 жыл бұрын
Keep it going! btw,do you have any deviantart account?
@pyroshrimp40733 жыл бұрын
Dang, this is a cool alt history. Albeit it would be cool if simeon united with volga
@TheIgorGruzdev2 жыл бұрын
Truly the nation of all time.
@sch01466 жыл бұрын
Long live the Bulgarian Republic, from Hungary! ;)
@derpycrafting95345 жыл бұрын
I love bulgaria from France 🇧🇬❤🇫🇷
@easytech45624 жыл бұрын
Russian bulgaria and russian hungary haha
@sch01464 жыл бұрын
@@easytech4562 ?
@channelhasbeenabandonednow33645 жыл бұрын
13:20 capital: *S K O P J E*
@naotenhocriatividadepranom41705 жыл бұрын
What?
@imspring65164 жыл бұрын
So?
@therealpradowaits5 жыл бұрын
i thought this was real but i questioned bulgaria taking constantinople then saw this was alternate
@ultragamer49606 жыл бұрын
Do more of these please
@deadchannel18804 жыл бұрын
If Bulgarian India isn’t the cursed thing I’ve ever seen I don’t know what is
@vladimirurosevic83076 жыл бұрын
Very good! Can you also add alternative history of Serbia? Thanks! :)
@dodu2.0484 жыл бұрын
Idk why, but I want Romania to unite with Bulgaria :))
@tatarkhan334 жыл бұрын
You should remake this now with the better maps and more expirience you can make a new timeline here
@velja20883 жыл бұрын
6:55 wow didnt expect that
@michielp19225 жыл бұрын
great video, although Bulgaria would probably not have colonies because they don't have shores on the Atlantic ocean and don't have acces to the Suze channel, but it's ofcours only for fun so I don't mind
@Joshsuevic Жыл бұрын
You should do the Byzantine empire in this timeline
@bulgariannationalist16375 жыл бұрын
България завинаги ♥️🇧🇬
@BlueRangeTV6 жыл бұрын
No way you made this for 14 days.
@nam_nam9844 жыл бұрын
Ai LOVE BULGARIAN🇧🇬❤️❤️❣️💕💞💓💗💖💝💌💘
@stefanmijatovic19213 жыл бұрын
What is the song called when the serbo-bulgarian empire forms?
@jakobandersen39444 жыл бұрын
So basically Bulgaria went all over the place.
@mnogotaensdsa54275 жыл бұрын
2:43 България на 5 морета
@theworldofmandom72274 жыл бұрын
Черно, Бѣло, Мраморно, Синьо, Йонийско, Тиренско и може да се каже Срѣдиземно
@theworldofmandom72274 жыл бұрын
По-кѫсно имаме и излазъ на други морета, като Червено, а и на океани
@catapretafernando6 жыл бұрын
Dunno about you guys, but Bulgarian Italy is actually hot
@jiktak6065 жыл бұрын
Yes
@DANTEEEEEEEEHHHH4 жыл бұрын
Man i expected A Skanderberg come back.
@broccolin4 жыл бұрын
i never expected bulgaria owning crimea
@diggasinparis Жыл бұрын
Ah yes my favourite empire The *I*
@tenkodddimitrov6 жыл бұрын
Как столицата е Скопие и България обхваща части от Турция, Гърция, Македония, Сърбия как?
@dragonbloodbg33635 жыл бұрын
Това е алтернативна история (не е истинска история), виж целия клип и ще разбереш защо.
@diamondinthesky47713 жыл бұрын
I want to play as Bulgaria in Crusader Kings just to conquer Italy now ngl
@mhmmm96156 жыл бұрын
Amazing !
@zxmoises3553 Жыл бұрын
Ehmm... why at the WW1 bulgaria lost territories but he was in the entente???!??
@balintpuddle6 жыл бұрын
support bulgaria for hungary
@spark64014 жыл бұрын
This.... this is so beautiful.... We could have been way bigger if the west didn't leave us to the ottoman hordes. We sacrificed our nation and freedom for Europe not to be invaded in the 14 centure
@ramen_95884 жыл бұрын
Bulgaria Likes To Move Their Lands In The Past..... Its So Awkward To See That Bulgaria Actually Comes From Crimea.
@ramen_95884 жыл бұрын
@Alexander Kulinski wow i didnt know so much about this kind of stuff
@Nee56abb3 жыл бұрын
Historian:Bulgarian India doesnt exist it cant hurt you me: 10:01
@aardagg5 жыл бұрын
2:50 what's music?
@tatarkhan333 жыл бұрын
Why is Vidin the Capital thought is it because it is in the centre of This Bulgaria
@zhangying24715 жыл бұрын
How did Bulgaria survive in Italy ???
@markostevoski56583 жыл бұрын
I have a question How was tsar samuel macedonian for 900 years and now the bulgarians say its theirs +another fact tsar samuels fort is in modern day macedonia and in the times of his rulership,as we can see the facts hes clearly macedonian. Love from poland
@pyroshrimp40733 жыл бұрын
He is bulgarian, bulgaria had fortified the region of macedon and used it as a military headquarters, samuil ruled bulgaria. His fort is in macedon because macedon is a country, why is the hagia sofia in turkey despite being greek
@memeinfantery72774 жыл бұрын
Bulgarians really want to have our sea access
@hyperiongd7035 жыл бұрын
8:55 song?
@ΓΕΩΡΓΙΑΔΙΑΚΟΝΙΚΟΛΑΟΥ5 жыл бұрын
Zuni martsa
@ГеоргиПетров-т6ц4 жыл бұрын
Shumi Maritza/Шуми Марица
@bulgariagaming24084 жыл бұрын
kzbin.info/www/bejne/lWq9paeae9iKgtE If you're still wondering
@lildump12854 жыл бұрын
How did Bulgaria colonize the horn of Africa , when Suez canal hasn't even been created ?
@petarmitkov10564 жыл бұрын
Sailed around west and south Africa of course
@harrisk3014 жыл бұрын
Can you please tell me where do you get that map from??
@Neu-Arnshalde.Psycho5 жыл бұрын
2:00 at The Time native balkanians mixed with slavs Which are majority balkan of population at The time
@iulianarion86945 жыл бұрын
Relevant are the human settlements, the cities have been created under the military protection of the Bulgarian kings in first Bulgarian empire. I know that it is much more difficult to study Bulgarian historical documents. Otherwise for a foreigner, the first Bulgarian empire is just another empire that has disappeared from history. Important is its heritage.