Perushtitsa
| Perushtitsa (Перущица) | |||
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 Bulgaria
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| Oblast : | Plovdiv | ||
| Residents : | 4766 (December 31, 2018) | ||
| Coordinates : | 42 ° 3 ' N , 24 ° 33' E | ||
| License plate : | PB | ||
Perushtitsa (also: Perushtitsa; Bulgarian : Перущица) is a city and administrative center of a municipality of the same name in the Plovdiv Oblast in central Bulgaria . The city with 4,851 inhabitants (as of December 2016) is located in the Thracian Plain at the foot of the Rhodope Mountains , approx. 24 km southwest of Plovdiv , 12 km south of Stambolijski and 7 km east of Krichim . It is located on road No. 8602, which leads from Krichim to Plovdiv.
history
The name of the current city and its predecessor is derived from the name of the Slavic god Perun . Near the city are the remains of the medieval Bulgarian fortress Perestitsa, which was part of the southern fortifications of the Second Bulgarian Empire .
Between 1873 and 1875, when the Istanbul - Belovo railway line was being built, settlers from Perushtitsa and Brestovitsa, together with railway workers from Peschtera , founded a village north of the railway line, from which today's city of Stambolijski emerged.
In preparation for the Bulgarian April Uprising in 1876 , a revolutionary committee of the Internal Revolutionary Organization existed in Perushtitsa . During the uprising, the city was set on fire by the Ottoman-Turkish militants Başı Bozuk and Circassians , and the population was murdered or expelled. A memorial in memory of the uprising is located south of the city on Vlasovets Hill.
Attractions
- Historical Museum of Perushtitsa (= No. 42 in 100 national tourist objects # List of 100 national objects of Bulgaria )
- The Red Church is located about 2 km south of Perushtitsa . It combines the ancient Greek with the neo-Byzantine style. The remains of this church date from the Middle Ages (5th to 7th centuries). The Red Church is a landmark of the city of Perushtitsa and is a cultural monument of national importance.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Population by towns and sex. In: nsi.bg. Republic of Bulgaria - National Statistical Institute (NSI), April 12, 2019, accessed May 5, 2019 .