Abstract
The data set is part of the DigitalSEE project, which aims to become an extensive digital repository housing images and text collections, including woodcuts, engravings, maps, travelogues, diplomatic reports, newspapers, journals, and archival materials. The project aims to preserve and make Bulgaria’s 19th-century historical information accessible by blending modern technology, and user-friendly solutions, primarily generating XML files. The interdisciplinary team includes archaeologists, epigraphers, historians, and scholars focusing on Balkan national identity. The research focuses on the Via Diagonalis (Belgrade to Edirne) and the Lower Danube Region (Moesia), which are crucial in forming national identities influenced by Enlightenment and nationalism.