The John Bargrave Collection
Byala Cherkva [uncertain]
Bulgaria
No image has been attached.View Larger MapDescription of institution: Edward Brown references "Bellacherqua" in Bulgaria, probably Byala Cherkva (meaning "white church"), but Droulia identifies Brown's location as the town and municipality of Kuršumlija (or Cursumnè) in Serbia, which was known in English as Bele Crkve (White Churches). Print Sources linked to this location: Member of - On Travel Literature and Related Subjects: References and Approaches
Mentioned - An Accompt Concerning the Baths of Austria and Hungary; as also some Stone-Quarries, Talcum rocks, &c. in those parts: By the same hand