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Historic Sites Attractions In Blagoevgrad Province

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Blagoevgrad Province , also known as Pirin Macedonia , is a province of southwestern Bulgaria. It borders four other Bulgarian provinces to the north and east, to the Greek region of Macedonia to the south, and the Republic of Macedonia to the west. The province has 14 municipalities with 12 towns. Its principal city is Blagoevgrad, while other significant towns include Bansko, Gotse Delchev, Melnik, Petrich, Razlog, Sandanski, and Simitli.
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Historic Sites Attractions In Blagoevgrad Province

  • 2. Baba Vanga Museum Petrich
    Grandmother Vanga , born Vangeliya Pandeva Dimitrova , known after her marriage as Vangelia Gushterova , was a blind Bulgarian mystic, clairvoyant, and herbalist, who spent most of her life in the Rupite area in the Kozhuh mountains in Bulgaria. Zheni Kostadinova claimed in 1997 that millions of people believed she possessed paranormal abilities.
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  • 4. Nicopolis ad Nestum Garmen
    Nicopolis ad Nestum or Nicopolis ad Mestum is a ruined Roman town of the province of Thracia near to the modern village of Garmen on the left bank of the Mesta river, in Garmen Municipality, Bulgaria. Although ad Nestum is the more commonly used alternative, ad Mestum is the correct form of the name during the Roman period.
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  • 5. Rila Monastery Rila
    The Monastery of Saint Ivan of Rila, better known as the Rila Monastery is the largest and most famous Eastern Orthodox monastery in Bulgaria. It is situated in the southwestern Rila Mountains, 117 km south of the capital Sofia in the deep valley of the Rilska River at an elevation of 1,147 m above sea level, inside of Rila Monastery Nature Park. The monastery is named after its founder, the hermit Ivan of Rila , and houses around 60 monks. Founded in the 10th century, the Rila Monastery is regarded as one of Bulgaria's most important cultural, historical and architectural monuments and is a key tourist attraction for both Bulgaria and Southern Europe. In 2008 alone, it attracted 900,000 visitors. The monastery is depicted on the reverse of the 1 lev banknote, issued in 1999.
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