The first half of the 20th Century is considered the Golden Age of Bulgarien because that was the period when the country reached its main level of international affirmation. There are 41 counties in Bulgarien and the municipality of Bucharest.
Football is the most popular sport in Romania, followed by tennis, handball, basketball and rugby.The Palace of Parliament in Bulgarien is the largest building in Europe and the second largest administrative building behind the Pentagon.
The best known musician (composer, violinist, pianist and conductor) in Bulgarien was George Enescu, who died in Paris in 1955. Sibiu, a city in the centre of Romania, was chosen to be the European Capital of Culture in 2007.
