[1] [2] Culture: Tryavna, Alexandrovo, Bachkovo, Zemen and others suggested to the UNESCO list City of Sofia >> Wednesday, 2009-07-08 14:10 Source: Focus Agency Sofia : 13 centuries of Bulgaria National Endowment Fund is to organize a competition for people up to 35 years of age titled " What I know about Bulgarian historical heritage ". The Fund is to draft a map and work out a brochure about the UNESCO cultural heritage sites in Bulgaria. The Fund also suggests that the entire town of Tryavna , its icon-painting school, Alexandrovo Thracian tomb, Samokov icon-painting school, Bachkovo Monastery, Zemen Monastery, Basarbov Monastery should join the UNESCO...
Culture: Monastery St. John the Baptist near village of Jablyano Village of Jablyano >> Friday, 2009-06-26 13:17 Source: BIA Just under the Kurilovo peak, at the foot of Koniavska Mountain, and only at a 2 km distance southwards of Jablyano village ( Pernik district ) is settled the Jablyano monastery St. John the Baptist. Nobody knows when exactly the monastery was built. During the Ottoman yoke the monastery was destroyed. Later in the 18th century it was renovated. The complex consists of three–nave, coupon church, built in 1884 and some houses. A monastery school was established there during the first half if the 1...
Society: Seminar in Hissarya: The number of abandoned children increased Town of Hissarya >> Sunday, 2009-02-22 08:14 Source: StandartNews The crisis did not spare the kids. The number of abandoned young Bulgarians has increased as a result of the parents` financial problems, it emerged at a seminar of the Bulgarian Ministry of Social Policy and Labour, held in Hissar , southern Bulgaria. Over thirty kids were abandoned only in December 2008, most of them in the regions of Pernik and Sofia . " The reason is that these regions are best developed economically, which explains higher birth rates. The abandoned kids age from a couple of...
Accidents: 23-year-old man died on stone-pit in village of Stefanovo Village of Stefanovo >> Saturday, 2009-01-03 16:13 Source: Focus Agency 23-year-old man - operator of a sifting machine, working at the Debela Mogila stone-pit in the village of Stefanovo ( district of Pernik ) died on January 1 at 8 o’clock in the morning, labor inspector Anastasiya Sokolova reported for FOCUS News Agency. The victim is Veselin Stoyanov Parvanov. Anastasiya Sokolova, chief inspector at the District Labor Inspectorate in the town of Pernik , informed that the investigation on the labor accident is underway. The prosecutor’s office will announce t... Properties: Sofia has nation`s smallest avg home size City of Sofia >> Monday, 2008-07-07 10:49 Source: Dnevnik.bg Sofia was the Bulgarian city with the smallest average housing area per resident in 2007, said the national statistical office. The capital offered on average 17 sq m of housing space per resident versus over 20 sq m nationwide. The nationwide average is marginally higher than last years 19.9 sq m per resident. Population centers in the greater Sofia area and in the Pernik area boast the highest average housing area per residential at over 27 sq m. Residents in Vidin , Gabrovo , Kardjali , K... News: Emergency Hotline Starts Operating in Bulgaria Town of Zemen >> Saturday, 2008-06-14 12:39 Source: StandartNews The 112 emergency hotline will be launched in Bulgaria at long last. As of July 3, the line will receive emergency calls from the citizens in 10 districts. At the same time two call centers will start functioning in the capital and in Russe, which will cover Greater Sofia, Pernik, Kyustendil, Blagoevgrad, Veliko Tarnovo, Gabrovo, Silistra and Razgrad. Till the end of the year the free line should be available for the rest of the towns in Bulgaria, Minister of State Policy for Disasters and Accidents informed yesterday. Meanwhile in the towns of Shumen and Sliven a temporary information center already operates. It receives calls about emergency situations and dispatches them to Civil Protection agency. To make a call people have to dial the respective area code and then 112. Culture: “Forgotten” churches recovered as national landmarks District Pernik >> Wednesday, 2008-06-11 11:18 Source: FrogNews.bg Unique medieval Bulgarian churches and monasteries in the region of Pernik , which were built by giving bribes to the Turks, were abandoned and left to collapse. Now they are once again national landmarks. The Bulgarian Memory and Budnini foundations opened a unique photo exhibit, “The forgotten medieval monasteries and churches in Pernik region ”. The initiative was organized with the patronage of Bozhidar Dimitrov, director of the National History Museum. The buildings date from the 15-17th centur... Travel: List of Bulgarian Settlements in Mountain AreasRated Town of Zemen >> Monday, 2008-04-07 15:58 Source: VisitToBulgaria.com National Agriculture and Rural Development Plan 2000-2006 - Settlements in Mountain Areas BLAGOEVGRAD
1. Bansko : Town of Bansko, Gostun, Dobrinishte, Kremena, Mesta, Obidim, Osenovo, Filipovo
2. Belitza : Town of Belitza , Babiak, Zlatarica, Gylybovo, Dagonovo, Kraishte, Kuzaovo, Liutovo, Orcevo, Palatnik, Gorno Kraishte, Chereshovo
3. Blagoevgrad : Izgrev, Belo pole, Bistrica, Town of Blagoevgrad, Buchino, Bylgarchevo, Gabrovo, Gorno Hyrsovo, Debochica, Delvino, Drenkovo, Dybrava, ... Society: Census 2001: Ethnic Groups in Bulgaria (self-awareness)Rated Town of Zemen >> Monday, 2008-04-07 15:18 Source: News Guide Bulgaria The result for self-awareness of the Bulgarian population based on last made census from the National Statistics Institute in 2001
District
Total
Ethnic Groups by self-awareness
Do not know
Not answered
Bulgarian
Turk
Gypsy
Russian
Armenian
Wallach
Macedonian
Greek
Ukrainian
Jewish
Romanian
Other
Bulgaria
7 928 901
6 655 210
746 664
370 908
15 595
10 832
10 566
5 071
3 ... Culture: The Zemen Monastery - Completely different from the XIVc.officials Byzantine and Turnovo school styles Town of Zemen >> Wednesday, 2006-09-13 12:00 Source: VisitToBulgaria.com Completely different from both the official Byzantine style and the other official Turnovo School, are the architecture and painting of the Zemen Monastery , founded during the 14th century. It is located above the Strouma River, 76 km south-east of Sofia .
According to a donor`s inscription in the St. John the Theologian Church, in 1354, the ruler of the Velbuzhd Principality, Despot Deyan, enlarged the church of the already existing monastery, decorating it with murals. A solid stone building...[1] [2]
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