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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;IvaPan, post: 9789622, member: 78949&quot;]Any, San Marino has escaped my attention <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":)" unselectable="on" /> but definitely it is a state so let it be the oldest.</p><p>About France, I am not that sage in history but wikipedia puts the establishment of France as a country with the same name and location in 843. The earlier Kingdom of Francia is apparently considered as Carolingian Empire, successor of the Roman Empire, i.e. a different country than France.</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;In the Early Middle Ages, the Germanic Franks formed the Kingdom of Francia, which became the heartland of the Carolingian Empire. The Treaty of Verdun of 843 partitioned the empire, with West Francia evolving into the Kingdom of France.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>Anyway, I know that Wikipedia is not that much of an authority and also that history is not a precise science and is subject to interpretations, so I am not going to argue about France, let it be older than Bulgaria, no problem <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":)" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Actually, the lands where the Bulgarian Kingdom was established, were part of the Byzantine Empire which on its turn was a successor of the Roman Empire - Eastern Roman Empire. Given that fact, it can be said that Bulgaria is part of the Byzantine cultural space.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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