Burgas
Burgas Province is one of the most developed regions in Bulgaria. It is situated in the southeastern part of the country and is the second biggest after Sofia Region. It is bounded by the regions of Varna, Shumen, Sliven and Yambol; the eastern and southern boundaries to the Black Sea and Turkey coincide with the national borders.
The Black Sea coastal areas and beaches with fine golden sand together with the thermal mineral springs provide favorable conditions for relaxation and recreation and for the development of balneological and sea tourism. They are an object of interest by the property management Bulgaria for their attractiveness. The dense riparian forests with overgrowth along the rivers of Ropotamo and Veleka, the beauty of the rivers of Dyavolska and Fakiiska, the diverse wildlife in the Strandzha and Sakar Mountains and the nature reserves are a prerequisite for the development of ecotourism and hunting. Apart from the Silkosia, the oldest reserve in Bulgaria (1933), here one can visit the Ropotamo and Strandzha National Parks, the Duni (the Dunes) and Vodnite Lilii (the White Lilies) reserves, the fiords and the seals cave on Maslen Nos Cape and other sites.
To the north and south of Burgas one can visit numerous holiday complexes and villages which offer wonderful conditions for vacation and relaxation – Pomorie, Nessebar, Sunny Beach (Slanchev Bryag), Duni, Sozopol, Primorsko, Tsarevo, Ahtopol. All of them are connected by a panoramic seaside road. Rezovo, the southernmost Black Sea village belongs to the region too. The region is widely known for its vine-growing and wine production traditions. The wines of Sungurlare are very famous. They are produced of the following grape varieties: Red Misket, Muskat Ottonel, Chardonnay, Riesling, Ugni Blanc – for white wine, and Cabernet, Merlot, Pamid – for red wine. The companies dealing with property management Bulgaria are inevitably present there.
Archeological, architectural and historic monuments in the region are favorable for development of cultural tourism. The Old Nessebar is a unique monument of culture and is inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List. In the Strandzha Mountains can be seen some of the most ancient structures made by humans – the dolmens. Thracian mounds, ancient Greek poleis, remains of ancient and medieval fortresses have been found here. One can immerse in the unique atmosphere created by the seaside houses from the National Revival period in Nessebar and Sozopol and the preserved samples of the Strandzha house in the villages of Fakia, Brashlyan, Bulgari, Kosti, Brodilovo, etc. The region still preserves in their purest form the fire-dances on live coals, which are performed on the holidays of the Saints Constantine and Helena. After the Liberation in 1878 the southern parts of the region (the Strandzha region) remained within the boundaries of Turkey until 1913 when the area was returned to Bulgaria. The property management Bulgaria is quite necessary there to serve the new foreign owners of the old houses.
Quick facts about Burgas Province
Other transcriptions: Bourgas, Burgass
In Bulgarian Aplhabets: Бургас
Location: South-East Bulgaria
Area size of district: 7 753.14 sq. km
Population of district: 426 028 people; Density of population: 55.7 people per sq. km
Total Towns and Cities in Burgas province: 18
Total Villages in Burgas province: 239
Regional Center: City of Burgas
Mean annual temperature: 13° С
Industry Overview
The Burgas region is one of the most developed regions in the Republic of Bulgaria. It is the second largest in area (next to the Sofia region) and the fourth populated region of the country.
The geo-strategical situation of the region is a factor of national importance well acknowledged by several countries in Europe, Asia and Africa. Here goes the crossing of both traditional and newbuilt axes of economical and political interests as follows: Europe-Near East-Asia; Europe-Middle East-Asia; Russia, Ukraine, Belarus and Western Europe.
Burgas region is an important "Entrance/Exit" of Bulgaria. Circa 74 % of the annual import/export of the country goes exlusively through the Port of Burgas. Main factors influencing the territorial localizations are: availabale nature key-factors of economic importance such as ores and minerals used as a raw material for the industrial development and in the construction industry; a wide ground variety considered to be an important precondition for agriculture development; Black Sea coastal zones, thermal mineral springs, conditions for recreation (country and cognitive tourism) in the regional uplands, evaluated as a developing factor of tourim and health resort work; availability of highly skilled labour experienced in main production branches of the regional economy; good level of technical, social and market infrastructure.
With it's existing structures in industry, agriculture, tourism and transport and the new legislation the Burgas region enables potential investors to implement serious investment projects on it's territory. And of course, the property management Bulgaria is the first branch to serve their local estates.
Types of tourism
The geographical location of the Burgas region is favourable for the development of sea recreative tourism. The main tourist season is the summer. The air and water temperatures, the big number of sunny days and the low level of rainfalls facilitate the open-air recreation for 4 months - from June to September. The Black Sea is not polluted in comparison to other European sea basins and the water is not so salty. There are no dangerous animals and plants. There are thermal mineral springs at various temperature and chemical composition in the region, which are of balneological and sea tourism importance. They also use the services of the property management Bulgaria.
The vegetation as a natural resource creates a specific sanitary area and micro climate on the recreative territory, that makes it an object of country and cognitive tourism, especially the forests of the rivers Ropotamo and Veleka, the natural reserves. The forests in the Strandzha and Sakar mountans are favourable for developing the hunting tourism - one of the most profitable types of tourism.
Nature and tourist sights
The Black Sea on the one hand and the southern part of the region, which is occupied by the low border mountains - Strandzha, Dervenski Hills and Sakar mountain, on the other hand, are attractive for many tourists every year. Other interesting touristic sights are the Ropotamo River and Arkutino reserve. The biggest tourist complex is Sunny beach, and the modern holiday villages are Elenite and Duni which are the most appetite resort in the south Bulgarian beach and the property management Bulgaria is seriously present there.
The Burgas region as a crossway of nations and cultures has a centuries-old history. There are many architectural and archeological relics of Thracian times /the Pomorie Tomb/, of Roman and Byzantine times /fortified walls, Roman baths/, historical monuments from the first and second Bulgarian state, architectural and ethnographic places of interest from the National Renaissance - museum towns Kotel, Nessebar, Zheravna, Sozopol etc. Another group of anthropological tourism resources are the religious objects- Christian churches, monasteries, museums.
Economic
The Burgas region provides 5.22 % of the country GDP and has following transport and market infrastructure: Burgas Port complex, oil- and fishing ports; the ports of Sozopol, Nessebar and Tsarevo; Burgas Airport incl. cargo terminal; Triple rail-way, extended railway stations in Burgas and Karnobat; Large auto-traffic enterprises in Burgas and Karnobat; Extended open-air storage sites and store-houses situated mainly in port areas and near the high-railroad Burgas - Karnobat; Burgas Free Zone. Most of the foreign citizens who work in the Free Zone of Burgas use the services of the property management Bulgaria.
Industry
Industry with its multiracial specificity is a leading sector of the economic structure of the Burgas region.
Most important industries are: petrochemical industry and petroleum refining; metallurgy; transport machine - building; food, wine and tobacco industry; tailoring / textile industry; mining industry; woodworking industry.
Following industrial productions are unique or determinant for the country: dark and light petroleum products; chemical fibres; plastics and other chemical products; shipbuilding;
ventilation and purifying equipments; goods waggons; fish-canning industry etc.
Leading еnterprises: Lukoil Neftochim, Burgas - petrochemical industry, petroleum refining and plastics; Promet JSC, Burgas - ferrous electrometallurgy and stretching; hot-rolled products; Kronospan, Burgas - wood processing, furniture and parquet; Burgas Shipyards – shipbuilding; Burgas Copper Mines - ore output and ore dressing; Spartak Burgas - ventilation equipment; Hemus Mark, Burgas – stationery; Vincom Burgas - wine producing
Chocolate Factory, Burgas - chocolate and candy products; Sugar Refinery, Kameno - sugar
Black Sea Gold, Pomorie - wine producing; Farming Machinery Factory, Karnobat - equipment for agriculture purposes; Canning Factory, Aitos - preserved vegetables; Plastics factory, Sredets - plastic products; Vinex Slaviantsi - wine producing.
Skilled Crafts - presentation of the traditional manufacturing pruducts: plastic packings; ready-to-wear clothes; pastry and confectionery products; household linen; furniture.
The City of Burgas
Province: (oblast) Burgas
Population: 259,985 (15.12.2005)
Altitude: 30 m
Geographic coordinates: 42° 30' north, 27° 28' east
Time zone: EET; (UTC+2; UTC+3 in summer)
Mayor: Yoan Kostadinov
Burgas (also transliterated as Burgas; Bulgarian: Бургас; Greek: Πύργος or Μπουργκάς) is the second-largest city on the Bulgarian Black Sea Coast. It is also the fourth-largest by population in the country, after Sofia, Plovdiv and Varna. It is the capital of Burgas Province and an industrial and tourist centre. The Burgas Lakes are located around the city.
Burgas is situated in the south-eastern part of the country. The climate here is temperately continental with a distinct impact from the Black Sea. The town is an industrial centre too. It's not famous as a beach resort (although wide crowdie beaches you can find), but more as a turning point to the big southern Black Sea resorts in Bulgaria like Sunny Beach, Nessebar, Sozopol, Dyuni, Elenite, etc. The Airport of Burgas is the one where the international flights land in the summer. Burgas International Airport is a connecting point to major Black Sea resorts in Bulgaria such as Sunny Beach, Nessebar, Sozopol, Dyuni, Elenite which turn increasingly to the favours of the property management Bulgaria.
The Port of Burgas is the biggest sea port in the country. A Duty Free Zone was established in 1989 with the objective to create most attractive conditions for foreign investors. The favourable geographical location and advanced transport infrastructure of Burgas are good prerequisites for development of tourism and trade. Burgas is not only an important industrial centre in the country, it has also considerable resources for tourism. What attracts people here mostly is undoubtedly the sea. Art and culture, together with propagation of cultural values is fostered by 7 state-owned and 11 municipal institutes. On the territory of Burgas municipality there are 2 universities and 4 colleges comprising more than 6200 Bulgarian and foreign students. Burgas is the largest city in Southeastern Bulgaria. It spreads on four terraces near property management Bulgaria the Burgas creek. The surrounding lakes take in water from the rivers Aitoska, Russokastrenska, Sredetska and Fakiiska. The amazing combination of sea, sun and virgin nature make Burgas a favorite spot for many holiday-makers. They often turn to the services of the property management Bulgaria when buy real estate in the region.
The artistic spirit of the local people adds up to the unique atmosphere of peace and isolation from the hectic city life. Burgas enables you to enjoy the breathtaking folklore show of the Balkan countries in the International folklore festival; the rich variety of colours and odours in the annual National exhibition FLORA - Burgas excite every citizen and visitor of the town. Burgas will give you a warm welcome - hospitality and kindness of the southerners are deeply moving; the emotional Burgas nights will remain a never-to-be-forgotten experience; no other spot of Bulgaria is so close to sea and its romantic atmosphere as Burgas.
History
Burgas is a successor of the Greek city of Pirgos (Πύργος), founded by colonists from Apolonia as a military and observational post against the other important settlement in the region – Mesembria. Besides Pirgos, the present-day city expands over the area of three other ancient settlements: Kastiacion, Skafida and Rossokastron. In the Middle Ages, a small fortress called Pirgos (Πύργος being Greek for "tower") was erected on the place and was most probably used as a watchtower. It was only in the 17th century that a settlement named Ahelo-Pirgas grew in the modern area of the city. It was later renamed to Burgas and had only about 3,000 inhabitants, most of them Greeks at the time of the Liberation. Soon it became a major centre on the southern Bulgarian Black Sea Coast and a city of well-developed industry and trade. A number of oil and chemical companies were gradually built. Salt and iron are also mined and traded abroad.
Aytos
Aytos (also transcribed as Aitos, Bulgarian: Айтос, Ancient Greek Αετος, presumably from the Thracian) is a town located in the eastern part of Bulgaria, belonging to the administrative boundaries of Burgas Province.
History
Aytos and the municipality have a rich and long history dating back to antiquity. An old settlement founded by Thracian tribes, archeological finds near the town testify that Aytos' existence dates back to the 5th century BC. According to an ancient Thracian legend, Aetos – one of Orpheus’ students and followers, founded the town. Throughout the centuries, the town has been known under different names including Aetos, Astos, Idos, Akvilia, etc.
During the reign of Khan Tervel, the region was incorporated in the Bulgarian Empire for the first time. The fortress Aetos took an important part in the defensive system of the Bulgarian lands against the sudden attacks of the Tatars, the Avars and the Crusaders. In 1378 the town was conquered by the armies of the Ottoman Empire under Murad I. During the Russian-Turkish War (1828-1829), General Dibich Zabalkanski turned the town into a strategic strong point. After the peace was signed in Odrin in 1829, many of the town's citizens fled to Bessarabia to join the Bessarabian Bulgarians.
During the Bulgarian National Revival, the population participated actively in the Bulgarian struggles for liberation. Vasil Levski organized a revolutionary committee in the town. After the Liberation, Aytos became a vivid commercial centre, reputedly more important than Burgas. The first girls' agricultural school in the country was established in Aytos during the period.
Transport
The geographic location determines the special significance of the municipality as a transport junction, where the road networks between Northern Bulgaria and Southern Bulgaria in this part of the country join. Important highways and the railway from Sofia to Burgas pass through it. Its good transport characteristics are also determined by the fact that it is only 28 km from Burgas, a key Black Sea port. Some of the regular bus lines are often used by the companies that work in the sphere of the property management Bulgaria.
Culture
The town hosts the annual national folk festival "Slaveevi Noshti" ("Nightingales' Nights"), which takes place every spring during the months of May and June. The festival is held at the "Slaveeva Reka" Recreational Park. It celebrates traditional dance and folk music from across Bulgaria.
Recreation and tourism
Natural landmarks: Recreation Park "Slaveeva Reka" ("Nightingale's River") — Few towns in Bulgaria can boast parks as big as "Slaveeva Reka" park. Impressive in size and diverse in natural beauty, the park also hosts the Aytos Animal Zoo; Rock Formation "Trite Bratya" ("The Three Brothers"); Natural Reserve "Kazanite" ; Natural Reserve "Hisarya"; State Forest "Koriata"
Historical landmarks: Ancient Fortress "Aetos"; Aytoski Historical Prohod — connecting the ancient lands of Thrace and Moesia; St. Dimitar Orthodox Church; Aytos Mineral Baths.
Cultural landmarks: Ethnographic Complex "Genger" — A small Etara-like ethnographic center built in the traditional local architectural style. The complex has a variety of different traditional Bulgarian arts and crafts shops as well as a traditional hotel, taverns, cafes and restaurants; Museum of the Painter "Peter Stanev"; Theater "Vasil Levksi". All of the landmarks are easy to visit when using the services of the property management Bulgaria.
Karnobat
Karnobat is the second in large town in the region with a population of 21,882 (4.12.1992).
Karnobat municipality is situated in the south-eastern part of the Bulgaria and it falls within the administrative boundaries of Burgas region. Rishki Passage links the municipality to north Bulgaria. The Karnobat-Aitos range of the Balkan mountain is located in the northern part of the municipality. Hisar hills raise to the south of the town of Karnobat. The territory of Karnobat municipality is 806 km², 87.37% of which is agricultural land, 9.81% forest land and 2.82% residential areas.
History
The Karnobat region, located in front of the south approaches of the Rishki and Varbishki passes, features an ancient history, dating back to the Neolithic era. Villages and tumuli reveal traces of life from the neolithic and the Iron Age, rich settlement life during the antiquity and Middle Ages. The first information for Karnobat was written in 1153 and included in The Geography by Muhammad al-Idrisi— Arabic traveller and scientist. The historical sources show that since the 19th century up to present days the town has always been an administrative, economic and commercial centre with a traditional yearly fair. The town of Karnobat was mentioned under different names in the documents from the Turkish registers and travel notes: Karinovassa. Karinabad, Karnovo...
After the foundation of the Bulgarian state in 681, because of its exceptional role, the lands of the Karnobat region were field of many battles between Bulgaria and Byzantium. Markeli fortress, a south Episcopal and military center, located 7.5 km west of Karnobat, has been the most significant place of interest since the times of the First Bulgarian Kingdom. During the Ottoman rules, the town was an important administrative and trade center included in the Silistra district. The fact that the Bulgarian priest Stoiko Vladislavov (known as Sofronii Vrachanski, one of the prominent men of the Bulgarian national revival) performed the service in Karnobat parish is indicative of the revival processes that took place in the region from 1791 to 1792.
During the Renaissance Karnobat became the rallying point for cultural and educational development of the region. St. Yoan Theologian Church was built in 1838. Razvitie Reading Club (now St. Kiril i Metodii Reading Club) one of the first reading clubs in South-Eastern Bulgaria was established in 1862 and a non-clerical school was opened in 1864. The town had a significant contribution to the religious struggles during the Renaissance—in the 19th century the active and public-spirited citizens of Karnobat expelled the bishop of Anhialo and in this way they completely eliminated the Greek influence.
During the Russian-Turkish war (1877-1878) the region became a victim of outrageous bashi-bazouks and Circassians. The Liberation of Karnobat on 24 January 1878 gave grounds for huge social and economic reforms. The town strengthened its positions as a cultural and educational center. About 22 periodicals reflect its new appearance.
Population
According to the data of the carried out census of the population on 04.12.1992 the constant population in Karnobat municipality has been 32 868 and in the end of 1999 it has been 31,444. From the period since 1965 up to now the population has constantly decreased. Basically this is due to the migrations and the worsen age structure in some of the villages in the municipality—Devetnitsi, Kozare, Dobrinovo, San Stefano. In the process of the mechanical movement major part of the migrating population has been oriented to the municipal centre and a small part of the municipality. The migration makes people turn to the companies who serve as property management Bulgaria to help them maintain their abandoned houses.
Residential areas
Karnobat municipality includes in its administrative territory totally 30 residential places - 1 town and 29 villages, with population of 31,444 persons in 1999, 21,557 of which live in the municipal centre the town of Karnobat. Among the villages only Ekzarh Antimovo is with a population over 1000 people. With a population of 500 to 1000 people are the villages of Iskra, Krumovo, Gradishte, Klikach and Nevestino. The rest villages are with a population under 500 persons. With population under 100 people is only the village of Kozare. The residential areas are 22.74 km², which represents 2.8% of the municipal territory (806 km²). Housing areas of 9.445 km² cover 41.5% of the fund. The lands in the residential areas under cultivation and used for private industry are 8.377 km² (36.8%).
The average population density of is 1400 people per square kilometer, or average 710 m² of residential territory per a resident. Only two of the villages are with indexes which are near to the average for the municipality. The typical density of residence is up to 10 people/ha gross density of residence.
Museums
The museum house “Dimitar Polyanov” is the only preserved and reconstructed renaissance house, built in the 70s of ХІХ century. The museum exhibition has been established on 23.11.1973 and possesses a fund, which contains belongings, documents, works and letters of the writer D. Polyanov, born in the town of Karnobat, as well as property of his family, necessities of life. In the museum and in the nearby located and recently constructed similar house exhibition of the ethnographic way of living in the region and of the famous authors from the town is in a process of establishment.
The historical museum in the town has been established in 1921 as an archeological collection. Its creator is the explorer with many years of service, a principal of the local high school Atanas Ignatiev Karaivanov. Since 1953 it has become a state museum with three departments - "Archeology", "Ethnography" and "New History". In 1992 "Nature" department has been established as well. It is located in a separate building in the southern park in the town, next to the zoo.
Culture
Cultural club "Dimitar Polyanov" has a city library, a picture gallery named after the world famous Bulgarian painter Bencho Obreshkov, born in Karnobat. The cultural club hall is with 310 seats and the movie hall beside it - with 460 places. To the cultural club, there is an amateur mixed choir with about 50 singers, which in 1992 celebrated 90 years since its establishment. In 1993 a cultural club ensemble for folk songs and dances has been established as well. Recently the variety and satiric ensemble to the cultural club celebrated 75 years of its establishment. Within the days of the traditional annual May festivals of culture the municipal folk festival is held as well.
Historical landmarks
Medieval fortress Markely - situated 7.5 km to the west of the town on a hill by Mochuritsa river. The archeological excavations, which have started in 1986 have found a medieval basilica from VІ century, an ancient Bulgarian church from Х century, a Byzantine church from ХІ century. The medieval town has been an important strategic centre from a military point of view as well as a commercial and economic centre with a key role in the earlier history of the Bulgarian-Byzantine relations. Here is the place of the victorious battle of khan Kardam against the Byzantines.
Sinabey Hamam - a Turkish public bath in the south (ancient ) part of the town of the last quarter of ХV century. It is one of the most ancient entirely preserved buildings in South Bulgaria.
The Clock Tower - it is located near by the public bath and has been built in 1874 as a town symbol of the Revival of the prosperous commercial crafts centre.
Kosten Church - 20 km to the north of Karnobat, in the village of Kosten, with a preserved architectural style of the Revival and an interesting mystically-religious stone plastic arts. The situated near by bust-sculpture of the famous Bulgarian man from the Revival Sofronii Vrachenski connects the church with an interesting event of his life since the end of ХVІІІ century, when he has serviced in Karnobat parish still as a priest Stoyko Vladislavov.
St. John Theologian church - built up after 1878 by Tryavna master Gencho Kanev. It impresses with original architectural elements and its wood-craved iconostasis, prepared by masters from Debar school, which is second of importance in South Bulgaria after the iconostasis in the church “St. Virgin Mary” in Pazardzhik. The church feast is in the day of its patron saint.
The mosque - built in 1821.
The Jewish graveyard - a Jewish necropolis 1 km. to the south of the town, with one of the richest in Bulgaria plastic arts and written information for the Jewish colony.
All the landmarks are easy to reach if you turn to the services of the property management Bulgaria.
Malko Tarnovo
Municipality of Malko Tarnovo town is situated in southeastern Bulgaria and it is the third largest city in Burgas region. Disposed in the heart of Strandzha mountain at a surface area of 798.5 square km which is 10.3 % from the territory of Burgas region and 0.76 % from the territory of Bulgaria. It is completely over the territory of Natural Park “Strandzha”. It consists from its administrative center – Malko Tarnovo town and 12 villages, two of them are municipalities – Grammatikovo and Zvezdets villages, and the others municipality vicarages. In the municipality live totally 4896 persons – an index which shows that the region is sparsely inhabited. There is a number of houses used only for holidays and during the rest of the time they are maintained by the companies that deal with property management Bulgaria. It borders to the municipalities of Sredets, Sozopol, Primorsko and Tsarevo, to the south with the republic of Turkey. The municipality is crossed by an international road which is the shortest connection to Europe countries and those from the Near East. The municipality center of Malko Tarnovo town is at about 76 km away from the region center of Burgas town – the fourth largest town in Bulgaria important and perspective transport center.
History
Despite the settlement exists from the antiquity (IV-III century BC) an older name is not preserved. A metallurgy center belonging to the territory of Biziya has been the last capital of the Thracian tsars. When the capital of Rome is moved in Constantinople a large turning point in cultural and economic relations prevailed. In this case Strandzha region became close to the new cultural and economic center as an ore extraction center and an important supplier of metals. There are discovered at about 70 ancient metal mines on the territory of municipality of Malko Tarnovo town but in the areas of the town 4 melting furnaces. A number of monuments are found in the town region – megaliths, mound necropolises, ancient buildings, a fortress all of them revealed the importance of the settlement through the Thracian and Roman epochs. The discovered quadrangular marble sanctuary in Mishkova niva area witnesses the old ore mining in the region. The center of the Roman metal extracting industry is concentrated around Malko Tarnovo town pointed this monument and a number of traces.
In the current appearance the town of Malko Tarnovo came into being in 1628 year. During the last two centuries developed the stock-breeding which has been means of living for the population until the beginning of XX century. The inhabitants of Malko Tarnovo town went through two large migrations. The most important event in the current history of the town remains its becoming of an educational center and a center of revolutionary fights. All the districts of Malko Tarnovo town participated in Preobrazhensko uprising. A great number of revolutionary active members have been given by Malko Tarnovo town: Stamat Ikonomov, Diko Dzhelebov, Voino Royanov, Lefter Mechev and others. On the congress carried out in Petrova niva area the people of Malko Tarnovo town are represented with dignity. The final annexation of Malko Tarnovo town within the bounds of the Bulgarian state became after the Balkan wars on the 25th of October 1913 year. In the districts of the town is extracted marble. Thus of the disposal, the town of Malko Tarnovo is a visited place by many people. The climate favours the cure of pulmonary diseases. Symbol of the town is Golemiyat vris (a spring), built up in 1862 year. It served as a holy spring before was covered. Here are accomplished public prayers for rainfalls that is why the population respects it as a holy place.
Interesting visiting places: Historical museum with natural collection exhibition; Orthodox Church”Uspenie Bogorodichno”; East Catholic Church “St. Troitsa” (Holy Triad); Thracian tombs and mound necropolis in Propada area; Thracian cult complex in Miskova niva area
Thracian rock sanctuary in Kamenska barchina area; Chapel “St. Troitsa” (Holy Triad) situated 2 km away to the west of the town; Chapel “St. Bogoroditsa” (St. Virgin Marry) – a chapel and curative spring to the north-west of the town, 8 km away in Peikovo countryside
Chapel “St. Bogoroditsa” in the area of Chernogorovo at about 4 km away southeast from the town.
Nessebar
Nessebar (Bulgarian: Несебър, variously transliterated), previously known as Mesembria (Greek: Μεσημβρια) and before that as Menebria, is an ancient city on the Black Sea coast of Bulgaria, located in Nessebar municipality, Burgas Province. In modern times, Nessebar is a major tourist attraction in what has become a popular area with several large resorts—the largest, Sunny Beach, is situated immediately to the north of Nessebar and most of the companies that offer services in property management Bulgaria have opened their offices there.
Nessebar has on several occasions found itself on the frontier of a threatened empire, and as such it is a town with a rich history. The ancient part of the town is situated on a peninsula connected to the mainland by a man-made isthmus, and it bears evidence of occupation by a variety of different civilisations over the course of its existence. Its abundance of historic buildings prompted UNESCO to inscribe Nessebar on its list of World Heritage Sites in 1983.
The area of the Municipality of Nessebar is 21 883 decares or 5.4% of the territory of the District of Burgas. 167 229 decares of them are arable lands, 20 418 decares are forests. The beaches are among the largest on the Bulgarian Black Sea coastline, with an area of 1517 decares and a capacity of 139 450 places for the tourists. These natural resources are the most important factors which determine and form the main fields of the municipal economic - tourism, recreation, and sports.
118 hotels, 86 BB, 294 private lodgings, 55 restaurants function on the territory of the municipality. A significant part of this in-kind base is concentrated in the resort complexes Sunny Beach and Elenite in Nessebar and the villages St. Vrach and Ravda.
History
Originally a Thracian settlement known as Menebria, the town became a Greek colony at the beginning of the 6th century BC, and was an important trading centre from then on. Remains from the Hellenistic period include the acropolis, a temple of Apollo, and an agora. A wall which formed part of the Greek fortifications can still be seen on the north side of the peninsula.
The town fell under Roman rule in 71 BC, yet continued to enjoy privileges such as the right to mint its own coinage. It was one of the most important strongholds of the Byzantine Empire from the 5th century AD onwards, and was fought over by Byzantines and Bulgarians, being captured in 812 by Khan Krum after a two week siege.
Monuments from the Middle Ages include the 9th-century Stara Mitropolia, a basilica without a transept; the 10th-century church of the Virgin; and the 11th-century Nova Mitropolia, which continued to be embelished until the 18th century. In the 13th and 14th century a remarkable series of churches were built: St Theodore, St Paraskeva, St Michael and St Gabriel, and St John Aliturgetos.
The capture of the town by the Turks from the Byzantine Empire in 1453 marked the start of its decline, but its architectural heritage remained and was enriched in the 19th century by the construction of wooden houses in the Eastern Rumelian Greek style typical for the Bulgarian Black Sea Coast during this period.
Pomorie
Pomorie (formerly Anchialos and Tuthom) is a town in Bulgaria on the Black Sea coast. Built near the ancient Greek city of Apolonia (now Sozopol), it became one of the five most important towns on the Bulgarian Black Sea Coast. The others were Burgas, Apolonia (now Sozopol), Messembria (now Nessebar) and Varna.
Tsarevo
Tsarevo (formerly Vassiliko and Michurin, population: 6274 (2005)) is a resort and fishing town on the Bulgarian Black Sea Coast, situated on three small coves 72 km southeast of Burgas, at the eastern foot of the Strandzha Mountain. The town is the administrative centre of the Tsarevo Municipality, part of the Burgas Province. Tsarevo's harbour is the southernmost one on the Bulgarian coast and is declared an international harbour in 1995.
Sozopol
Sozopol (Bulgarian: Созопол, Greek: Σωζόπολη, Turkish: Sizeboli) is a small ancient town located 30 km south of Burgas on the southern Bulgarian Black Sea Coast. Today the town is mostly a beach resort known for the Apollonia art and film festival named after one of Sozopol's ancient names. The interest of the visitors in acquiring propertiy in this magnificent town makes the servises of the property management Bulgaria especially necessary.
History
Sozopol is one of the oldest towns on the Bulgarian Black Sea Coast. The first settlement on the site dates back to the Bronze Age. Undersea explorations in the region of the port reveal relics of dwellings, ceramic pottery, stone and bone tools from that era. Many anchors from the second and first millennium BC have been discovered in the town's bay, a proof of active shipping since ancient times. The location was colonized by the Milesians, who founded a town originally named Antheia, but this was soon changed to Apollonia. Apollonia was famous for its colossal statue of Apollo by Calamis, which Lucullus moved to Rome. At various times, Apollonia was known as Apollonia Pontica (that is, Apollonia on the Black Sea, the ancient Pontus Euxinus) and Apollonia Magna (Great Apollonia).
The town established itself as a trade and naval centre in the following centuries. It kept strong political and trade relations with the cities of Ancient Greece – Miletus, Athens, Corinth, Heraclea Pontica and the islands Rhodes, Chios, Lesbos, etc. Its trade influence in the Thracian territories was based on a treaty with the rulers of the Odrysian kingdom dating from the fifth century BC. The symbol of the town – the anchor, present on all coins minted by Apollonia since the sixth century BC, is proof of the importance of trade. The rich town soon became an important cultural centre. At these times it was called Apollonia Magna.
Sozopol was Christianized early. Bishops are recorded as resident there from at least 431. At least eight bishops are known: Athanasius (431), Peter (680), Euthymius (787) and Ignatius (869) (all of whom in the Roman Catholic Church); Theodosius (1357), Joannicius, who became Patriarch of Constantinople (1524), Philotheus (1564) and Joasaph (1721) (all of whom in the Eastern Orthodox Church).
Art flourished in the Christian era. The ancient icons and magnificent woodcarving in the iconostases are a remarkable accomplishment of the craftsmanship of these times. The architecture of the houses in the old town from the Renaissance period makes it a unique place to visit today. Occupied in turn by Byzantines and Ottomans, Sozopol was assigned to the newly independent Bulgaria in the 19th century.
Names
The original name of the city is attested as Antheia. Coins were minted in the town bearing the inscription Apollonia, which date from the sixth century BC to the first half of the third century AD. During this period, appellations such as Apollonia Pontica (Apollonia on the Black Sea) and Apollonia Magna (Great Apollonia) have been recorded. By the first century AD, the name Sozopolis began to appear in written records (e.g., in the Periplus Ponti Euxini). After the town became part of the Ottoman Empire, the name was Turkified to Sizeboli, Sizebolu or Sizebolou. After Bulgaria took possession of the town, it was Slavicized to Sozopol.
Primorsko
Primorsko (Приморско) is a town in southeastern Bulgaria, part of Burgas Province. A well-known resort on the Bulgarian Black Sea Coast, it is located on a gore 52 km south of Burgas and has a beach strip of about 1 km². The average temperature is 27°C in July, often reaching 30-33°C and making Primorsko a favoured place for tourism. One of the smaller towns in Bulgaria by population, Primorsko has seen a remarkable increase of residents in recent years, topping the list of Bulgarian towns by population growth between December 2004 and June 2005 with 13.5%. The rivers Ropotamo and Dyavolska reka run close to the town.
Ahtopol
Agatopolis ("The town of love") - that’s how the Greeks in the Middle Ages called this exotic place. Ahtopol is the most southern Bulgarian town on the Black Sea coast (Burgas district). It is situated both on the Black Sea coast and at the foot of Middle Strandzha mountain. The cooler Mediterranean climate is strongly felt here and that attracts a lot of tourists into the town not only during the summer months, but all over the year. Their recently bought real estates here are being maintained by the companies working in the branch of the property management Bulgaria.
The archaeological excavations in the region of Achtopol show life traces from different periods - the Antiquity, the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. Some very ancient coins were found near the town, including emissions, coinaged in Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, and from almost all European countries. The picturesque river of Veleka is running only 4 km south of Ahtopol.
The river comes from the very heart of Strandzha Mountain. The combination of sea side and river coast, the specific fauna and flora of the region are really impressive and can satisfy all the tourists eager for adventures into desolated places among the virgin nature.
The Black Sea coastal areas and beaches with fine golden sand together with the thermal mineral springs provide favorable conditions for relaxation and recreation and for the development of balneological and sea tourism. They are an object of interest by the property management Bulgaria for their attractiveness. The dense riparian forests with overgrowth along the rivers of Ropotamo and Veleka, the beauty of the rivers of Dyavolska and Fakiiska, the diverse wildlife in the Strandzha and Sakar Mountains and the nature reserves are a prerequisite for the development of ecotourism and hunting. Apart from the Silkosia, the oldest reserve in Bulgaria (1933), here one can visit the Ropotamo and Strandzha National Parks, the Duni (the Dunes) and Vodnite Lilii (the White Lilies) reserves, the fiords and the seals cave on Maslen Nos Cape and other sites.
To the north and south of Burgas one can visit numerous holiday complexes and villages which offer wonderful conditions for vacation and relaxation – Pomorie, Nessebar, Sunny Beach (Slanchev Bryag), Duni, Sozopol, Primorsko, Tsarevo, Ahtopol. All of them are connected by a panoramic seaside road. Rezovo, the southernmost Black Sea village belongs to the region too. The region is widely known for its vine-growing and wine production traditions. The wines of Sungurlare are very famous. They are produced of the following grape varieties: Red Misket, Muskat Ottonel, Chardonnay, Riesling, Ugni Blanc – for white wine, and Cabernet, Merlot, Pamid – for red wine. The companies dealing with property management Bulgaria are inevitably present there.
Archeological, architectural and historic monuments in the region are favorable for development of cultural tourism. The Old Nessebar is a unique monument of culture and is inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List. In the Strandzha Mountains can be seen some of the most ancient structures made by humans – the dolmens. Thracian mounds, ancient Greek poleis, remains of ancient and medieval fortresses have been found here. One can immerse in the unique atmosphere created by the seaside houses from the National Revival period in Nessebar and Sozopol and the preserved samples of the Strandzha house in the villages of Fakia, Brashlyan, Bulgari, Kosti, Brodilovo, etc. The region still preserves in their purest form the fire-dances on live coals, which are performed on the holidays of the Saints Constantine and Helena. After the Liberation in 1878 the southern parts of the region (the Strandzha region) remained within the boundaries of Turkey until 1913 when the area was returned to Bulgaria. The property management Bulgaria is quite necessary there to serve the new foreign owners of the old houses.
Quick facts about Burgas Province
Other transcriptions: Bourgas, Burgass
In Bulgarian Aplhabets: Бургас
Location: South-East Bulgaria
Area size of district: 7 753.14 sq. km
Population of district: 426 028 people; Density of population: 55.7 people per sq. km
Total Towns and Cities in Burgas province: 18
Total Villages in Burgas province: 239
Regional Center: City of Burgas
Mean annual temperature: 13° С
Industry Overview
The Burgas region is one of the most developed regions in the Republic of Bulgaria. It is the second largest in area (next to the Sofia region) and the fourth populated region of the country.
The geo-strategical situation of the region is a factor of national importance well acknowledged by several countries in Europe, Asia and Africa. Here goes the crossing of both traditional and newbuilt axes of economical and political interests as follows: Europe-Near East-Asia; Europe-Middle East-Asia; Russia, Ukraine, Belarus and Western Europe.
Burgas region is an important "Entrance/Exit" of Bulgaria. Circa 74 % of the annual import/export of the country goes exlusively through the Port of Burgas. Main factors influencing the territorial localizations are: availabale nature key-factors of economic importance such as ores and minerals used as a raw material for the industrial development and in the construction industry; a wide ground variety considered to be an important precondition for agriculture development; Black Sea coastal zones, thermal mineral springs, conditions for recreation (country and cognitive tourism) in the regional uplands, evaluated as a developing factor of tourim and health resort work; availability of highly skilled labour experienced in main production branches of the regional economy; good level of technical, social and market infrastructure.
With it's existing structures in industry, agriculture, tourism and transport and the new legislation the Burgas region enables potential investors to implement serious investment projects on it's territory. And of course, the property management Bulgaria is the first branch to serve their local estates.
Types of tourism
The geographical location of the Burgas region is favourable for the development of sea recreative tourism. The main tourist season is the summer. The air and water temperatures, the big number of sunny days and the low level of rainfalls facilitate the open-air recreation for 4 months - from June to September. The Black Sea is not polluted in comparison to other European sea basins and the water is not so salty. There are no dangerous animals and plants. There are thermal mineral springs at various temperature and chemical composition in the region, which are of balneological and sea tourism importance. They also use the services of the property management Bulgaria.
The vegetation as a natural resource creates a specific sanitary area and micro climate on the recreative territory, that makes it an object of country and cognitive tourism, especially the forests of the rivers Ropotamo and Veleka, the natural reserves. The forests in the Strandzha and Sakar mountans are favourable for developing the hunting tourism - one of the most profitable types of tourism.
Nature and tourist sights
The Black Sea on the one hand and the southern part of the region, which is occupied by the low border mountains - Strandzha, Dervenski Hills and Sakar mountain, on the other hand, are attractive for many tourists every year. Other interesting touristic sights are the Ropotamo River and Arkutino reserve. The biggest tourist complex is Sunny beach, and the modern holiday villages are Elenite and Duni which are the most appetite resort in the south Bulgarian beach and the property management Bulgaria is seriously present there.
The Burgas region as a crossway of nations and cultures has a centuries-old history. There are many architectural and archeological relics of Thracian times /the Pomorie Tomb/, of Roman and Byzantine times /fortified walls, Roman baths/, historical monuments from the first and second Bulgarian state, architectural and ethnographic places of interest from the National Renaissance - museum towns Kotel, Nessebar, Zheravna, Sozopol etc. Another group of anthropological tourism resources are the religious objects- Christian churches, monasteries, museums.
Economic
The Burgas region provides 5.22 % of the country GDP and has following transport and market infrastructure: Burgas Port complex, oil- and fishing ports; the ports of Sozopol, Nessebar and Tsarevo; Burgas Airport incl. cargo terminal; Triple rail-way, extended railway stations in Burgas and Karnobat; Large auto-traffic enterprises in Burgas and Karnobat; Extended open-air storage sites and store-houses situated mainly in port areas and near the high-railroad Burgas - Karnobat; Burgas Free Zone. Most of the foreign citizens who work in the Free Zone of Burgas use the services of the property management Bulgaria.
Industry
Industry with its multiracial specificity is a leading sector of the economic structure of the Burgas region.
Most important industries are: petrochemical industry and petroleum refining; metallurgy; transport machine - building; food, wine and tobacco industry; tailoring / textile industry; mining industry; woodworking industry.
Following industrial productions are unique or determinant for the country: dark and light petroleum products; chemical fibres; plastics and other chemical products; shipbuilding;
ventilation and purifying equipments; goods waggons; fish-canning industry etc.
Leading еnterprises: Lukoil Neftochim, Burgas - petrochemical industry, petroleum refining and plastics; Promet JSC, Burgas - ferrous electrometallurgy and stretching; hot-rolled products; Kronospan, Burgas - wood processing, furniture and parquet; Burgas Shipyards – shipbuilding; Burgas Copper Mines - ore output and ore dressing; Spartak Burgas - ventilation equipment; Hemus Mark, Burgas – stationery; Vincom Burgas - wine producing
Chocolate Factory, Burgas - chocolate and candy products; Sugar Refinery, Kameno - sugar
Black Sea Gold, Pomorie - wine producing; Farming Machinery Factory, Karnobat - equipment for agriculture purposes; Canning Factory, Aitos - preserved vegetables; Plastics factory, Sredets - plastic products; Vinex Slaviantsi - wine producing.
Skilled Crafts - presentation of the traditional manufacturing pruducts: plastic packings; ready-to-wear clothes; pastry and confectionery products; household linen; furniture.
The City of Burgas
Province: (oblast) Burgas
Population: 259,985 (15.12.2005)
Altitude: 30 m
Geographic coordinates: 42° 30' north, 27° 28' east
Time zone: EET; (UTC+2; UTC+3 in summer)
Mayor: Yoan Kostadinov
Burgas (also transliterated as Burgas; Bulgarian: Бургас; Greek: Πύργος or Μπουργκάς) is the second-largest city on the Bulgarian Black Sea Coast. It is also the fourth-largest by population in the country, after Sofia, Plovdiv and Varna. It is the capital of Burgas Province and an industrial and tourist centre. The Burgas Lakes are located around the city.
Burgas is situated in the south-eastern part of the country. The climate here is temperately continental with a distinct impact from the Black Sea. The town is an industrial centre too. It's not famous as a beach resort (although wide crowdie beaches you can find), but more as a turning point to the big southern Black Sea resorts in Bulgaria like Sunny Beach, Nessebar, Sozopol, Dyuni, Elenite, etc. The Airport of Burgas is the one where the international flights land in the summer. Burgas International Airport is a connecting point to major Black Sea resorts in Bulgaria such as Sunny Beach, Nessebar, Sozopol, Dyuni, Elenite which turn increasingly to the favours of the property management Bulgaria.
The Port of Burgas is the biggest sea port in the country. A Duty Free Zone was established in 1989 with the objective to create most attractive conditions for foreign investors. The favourable geographical location and advanced transport infrastructure of Burgas are good prerequisites for development of tourism and trade. Burgas is not only an important industrial centre in the country, it has also considerable resources for tourism. What attracts people here mostly is undoubtedly the sea. Art and culture, together with propagation of cultural values is fostered by 7 state-owned and 11 municipal institutes. On the territory of Burgas municipality there are 2 universities and 4 colleges comprising more than 6200 Bulgarian and foreign students. Burgas is the largest city in Southeastern Bulgaria. It spreads on four terraces near property management Bulgaria the Burgas creek. The surrounding lakes take in water from the rivers Aitoska, Russokastrenska, Sredetska and Fakiiska. The amazing combination of sea, sun and virgin nature make Burgas a favorite spot for many holiday-makers. They often turn to the services of the property management Bulgaria when buy real estate in the region.
The artistic spirit of the local people adds up to the unique atmosphere of peace and isolation from the hectic city life. Burgas enables you to enjoy the breathtaking folklore show of the Balkan countries in the International folklore festival; the rich variety of colours and odours in the annual National exhibition FLORA - Burgas excite every citizen and visitor of the town. Burgas will give you a warm welcome - hospitality and kindness of the southerners are deeply moving; the emotional Burgas nights will remain a never-to-be-forgotten experience; no other spot of Bulgaria is so close to sea and its romantic atmosphere as Burgas.
History
Burgas is a successor of the Greek city of Pirgos (Πύργος), founded by colonists from Apolonia as a military and observational post against the other important settlement in the region – Mesembria. Besides Pirgos, the present-day city expands over the area of three other ancient settlements: Kastiacion, Skafida and Rossokastron. In the Middle Ages, a small fortress called Pirgos (Πύργος being Greek for "tower") was erected on the place and was most probably used as a watchtower. It was only in the 17th century that a settlement named Ahelo-Pirgas grew in the modern area of the city. It was later renamed to Burgas and had only about 3,000 inhabitants, most of them Greeks at the time of the Liberation. Soon it became a major centre on the southern Bulgarian Black Sea Coast and a city of well-developed industry and trade. A number of oil and chemical companies were gradually built. Salt and iron are also mined and traded abroad.
Aytos
Aytos (also transcribed as Aitos, Bulgarian: Айтос, Ancient Greek Αετος, presumably from the Thracian) is a town located in the eastern part of Bulgaria, belonging to the administrative boundaries of Burgas Province.
History
Aytos and the municipality have a rich and long history dating back to antiquity. An old settlement founded by Thracian tribes, archeological finds near the town testify that Aytos' existence dates back to the 5th century BC. According to an ancient Thracian legend, Aetos – one of Orpheus’ students and followers, founded the town. Throughout the centuries, the town has been known under different names including Aetos, Astos, Idos, Akvilia, etc.
During the reign of Khan Tervel, the region was incorporated in the Bulgarian Empire for the first time. The fortress Aetos took an important part in the defensive system of the Bulgarian lands against the sudden attacks of the Tatars, the Avars and the Crusaders. In 1378 the town was conquered by the armies of the Ottoman Empire under Murad I. During the Russian-Turkish War (1828-1829), General Dibich Zabalkanski turned the town into a strategic strong point. After the peace was signed in Odrin in 1829, many of the town's citizens fled to Bessarabia to join the Bessarabian Bulgarians.
During the Bulgarian National Revival, the population participated actively in the Bulgarian struggles for liberation. Vasil Levski organized a revolutionary committee in the town. After the Liberation, Aytos became a vivid commercial centre, reputedly more important than Burgas. The first girls' agricultural school in the country was established in Aytos during the period.
Transport
The geographic location determines the special significance of the municipality as a transport junction, where the road networks between Northern Bulgaria and Southern Bulgaria in this part of the country join. Important highways and the railway from Sofia to Burgas pass through it. Its good transport characteristics are also determined by the fact that it is only 28 km from Burgas, a key Black Sea port. Some of the regular bus lines are often used by the companies that work in the sphere of the property management Bulgaria.
Culture
The town hosts the annual national folk festival "Slaveevi Noshti" ("Nightingales' Nights"), which takes place every spring during the months of May and June. The festival is held at the "Slaveeva Reka" Recreational Park. It celebrates traditional dance and folk music from across Bulgaria.
Recreation and tourism
Natural landmarks: Recreation Park "Slaveeva Reka" ("Nightingale's River") — Few towns in Bulgaria can boast parks as big as "Slaveeva Reka" park. Impressive in size and diverse in natural beauty, the park also hosts the Aytos Animal Zoo; Rock Formation "Trite Bratya" ("The Three Brothers"); Natural Reserve "Kazanite" ; Natural Reserve "Hisarya"; State Forest "Koriata"
Historical landmarks: Ancient Fortress "Aetos"; Aytoski Historical Prohod — connecting the ancient lands of Thrace and Moesia; St. Dimitar Orthodox Church; Aytos Mineral Baths.
Cultural landmarks: Ethnographic Complex "Genger" — A small Etara-like ethnographic center built in the traditional local architectural style. The complex has a variety of different traditional Bulgarian arts and crafts shops as well as a traditional hotel, taverns, cafes and restaurants; Museum of the Painter "Peter Stanev"; Theater "Vasil Levksi". All of the landmarks are easy to visit when using the services of the property management Bulgaria.
Karnobat
Karnobat is the second in large town in the region with a population of 21,882 (4.12.1992).
Karnobat municipality is situated in the south-eastern part of the Bulgaria and it falls within the administrative boundaries of Burgas region. Rishki Passage links the municipality to north Bulgaria. The Karnobat-Aitos range of the Balkan mountain is located in the northern part of the municipality. Hisar hills raise to the south of the town of Karnobat. The territory of Karnobat municipality is 806 km², 87.37% of which is agricultural land, 9.81% forest land and 2.82% residential areas.
History
The Karnobat region, located in front of the south approaches of the Rishki and Varbishki passes, features an ancient history, dating back to the Neolithic era. Villages and tumuli reveal traces of life from the neolithic and the Iron Age, rich settlement life during the antiquity and Middle Ages. The first information for Karnobat was written in 1153 and included in The Geography by Muhammad al-Idrisi— Arabic traveller and scientist. The historical sources show that since the 19th century up to present days the town has always been an administrative, economic and commercial centre with a traditional yearly fair. The town of Karnobat was mentioned under different names in the documents from the Turkish registers and travel notes: Karinovassa. Karinabad, Karnovo...
After the foundation of the Bulgarian state in 681, because of its exceptional role, the lands of the Karnobat region were field of many battles between Bulgaria and Byzantium. Markeli fortress, a south Episcopal and military center, located 7.5 km west of Karnobat, has been the most significant place of interest since the times of the First Bulgarian Kingdom. During the Ottoman rules, the town was an important administrative and trade center included in the Silistra district. The fact that the Bulgarian priest Stoiko Vladislavov (known as Sofronii Vrachanski, one of the prominent men of the Bulgarian national revival) performed the service in Karnobat parish is indicative of the revival processes that took place in the region from 1791 to 1792.
During the Renaissance Karnobat became the rallying point for cultural and educational development of the region. St. Yoan Theologian Church was built in 1838. Razvitie Reading Club (now St. Kiril i Metodii Reading Club) one of the first reading clubs in South-Eastern Bulgaria was established in 1862 and a non-clerical school was opened in 1864. The town had a significant contribution to the religious struggles during the Renaissance—in the 19th century the active and public-spirited citizens of Karnobat expelled the bishop of Anhialo and in this way they completely eliminated the Greek influence.
During the Russian-Turkish war (1877-1878) the region became a victim of outrageous bashi-bazouks and Circassians. The Liberation of Karnobat on 24 January 1878 gave grounds for huge social and economic reforms. The town strengthened its positions as a cultural and educational center. About 22 periodicals reflect its new appearance.
Population
According to the data of the carried out census of the population on 04.12.1992 the constant population in Karnobat municipality has been 32 868 and in the end of 1999 it has been 31,444. From the period since 1965 up to now the population has constantly decreased. Basically this is due to the migrations and the worsen age structure in some of the villages in the municipality—Devetnitsi, Kozare, Dobrinovo, San Stefano. In the process of the mechanical movement major part of the migrating population has been oriented to the municipal centre and a small part of the municipality. The migration makes people turn to the companies who serve as property management Bulgaria to help them maintain their abandoned houses.
Residential areas
Karnobat municipality includes in its administrative territory totally 30 residential places - 1 town and 29 villages, with population of 31,444 persons in 1999, 21,557 of which live in the municipal centre the town of Karnobat. Among the villages only Ekzarh Antimovo is with a population over 1000 people. With a population of 500 to 1000 people are the villages of Iskra, Krumovo, Gradishte, Klikach and Nevestino. The rest villages are with a population under 500 persons. With population under 100 people is only the village of Kozare. The residential areas are 22.74 km², which represents 2.8% of the municipal territory (806 km²). Housing areas of 9.445 km² cover 41.5% of the fund. The lands in the residential areas under cultivation and used for private industry are 8.377 km² (36.8%).
The average population density of is 1400 people per square kilometer, or average 710 m² of residential territory per a resident. Only two of the villages are with indexes which are near to the average for the municipality. The typical density of residence is up to 10 people/ha gross density of residence.
Museums
The museum house “Dimitar Polyanov” is the only preserved and reconstructed renaissance house, built in the 70s of ХІХ century. The museum exhibition has been established on 23.11.1973 and possesses a fund, which contains belongings, documents, works and letters of the writer D. Polyanov, born in the town of Karnobat, as well as property of his family, necessities of life. In the museum and in the nearby located and recently constructed similar house exhibition of the ethnographic way of living in the region and of the famous authors from the town is in a process of establishment.
The historical museum in the town has been established in 1921 as an archeological collection. Its creator is the explorer with many years of service, a principal of the local high school Atanas Ignatiev Karaivanov. Since 1953 it has become a state museum with three departments - "Archeology", "Ethnography" and "New History". In 1992 "Nature" department has been established as well. It is located in a separate building in the southern park in the town, next to the zoo.
Culture
Cultural club "Dimitar Polyanov" has a city library, a picture gallery named after the world famous Bulgarian painter Bencho Obreshkov, born in Karnobat. The cultural club hall is with 310 seats and the movie hall beside it - with 460 places. To the cultural club, there is an amateur mixed choir with about 50 singers, which in 1992 celebrated 90 years since its establishment. In 1993 a cultural club ensemble for folk songs and dances has been established as well. Recently the variety and satiric ensemble to the cultural club celebrated 75 years of its establishment. Within the days of the traditional annual May festivals of culture the municipal folk festival is held as well.
Historical landmarks
Medieval fortress Markely - situated 7.5 km to the west of the town on a hill by Mochuritsa river. The archeological excavations, which have started in 1986 have found a medieval basilica from VІ century, an ancient Bulgarian church from Х century, a Byzantine church from ХІ century. The medieval town has been an important strategic centre from a military point of view as well as a commercial and economic centre with a key role in the earlier history of the Bulgarian-Byzantine relations. Here is the place of the victorious battle of khan Kardam against the Byzantines.
Sinabey Hamam - a Turkish public bath in the south (ancient ) part of the town of the last quarter of ХV century. It is one of the most ancient entirely preserved buildings in South Bulgaria.
The Clock Tower - it is located near by the public bath and has been built in 1874 as a town symbol of the Revival of the prosperous commercial crafts centre.
Kosten Church - 20 km to the north of Karnobat, in the village of Kosten, with a preserved architectural style of the Revival and an interesting mystically-religious stone plastic arts. The situated near by bust-sculpture of the famous Bulgarian man from the Revival Sofronii Vrachenski connects the church with an interesting event of his life since the end of ХVІІІ century, when he has serviced in Karnobat parish still as a priest Stoyko Vladislavov.
St. John Theologian church - built up after 1878 by Tryavna master Gencho Kanev. It impresses with original architectural elements and its wood-craved iconostasis, prepared by masters from Debar school, which is second of importance in South Bulgaria after the iconostasis in the church “St. Virgin Mary” in Pazardzhik. The church feast is in the day of its patron saint.
The mosque - built in 1821.
The Jewish graveyard - a Jewish necropolis 1 km. to the south of the town, with one of the richest in Bulgaria plastic arts and written information for the Jewish colony.
All the landmarks are easy to reach if you turn to the services of the property management Bulgaria.
Malko Tarnovo
Municipality of Malko Tarnovo town is situated in southeastern Bulgaria and it is the third largest city in Burgas region. Disposed in the heart of Strandzha mountain at a surface area of 798.5 square km which is 10.3 % from the territory of Burgas region and 0.76 % from the territory of Bulgaria. It is completely over the territory of Natural Park “Strandzha”. It consists from its administrative center – Malko Tarnovo town and 12 villages, two of them are municipalities – Grammatikovo and Zvezdets villages, and the others municipality vicarages. In the municipality live totally 4896 persons – an index which shows that the region is sparsely inhabited. There is a number of houses used only for holidays and during the rest of the time they are maintained by the companies that deal with property management Bulgaria. It borders to the municipalities of Sredets, Sozopol, Primorsko and Tsarevo, to the south with the republic of Turkey. The municipality is crossed by an international road which is the shortest connection to Europe countries and those from the Near East. The municipality center of Malko Tarnovo town is at about 76 km away from the region center of Burgas town – the fourth largest town in Bulgaria important and perspective transport center.
History
Despite the settlement exists from the antiquity (IV-III century BC) an older name is not preserved. A metallurgy center belonging to the territory of Biziya has been the last capital of the Thracian tsars. When the capital of Rome is moved in Constantinople a large turning point in cultural and economic relations prevailed. In this case Strandzha region became close to the new cultural and economic center as an ore extraction center and an important supplier of metals. There are discovered at about 70 ancient metal mines on the territory of municipality of Malko Tarnovo town but in the areas of the town 4 melting furnaces. A number of monuments are found in the town region – megaliths, mound necropolises, ancient buildings, a fortress all of them revealed the importance of the settlement through the Thracian and Roman epochs. The discovered quadrangular marble sanctuary in Mishkova niva area witnesses the old ore mining in the region. The center of the Roman metal extracting industry is concentrated around Malko Tarnovo town pointed this monument and a number of traces.
In the current appearance the town of Malko Tarnovo came into being in 1628 year. During the last two centuries developed the stock-breeding which has been means of living for the population until the beginning of XX century. The inhabitants of Malko Tarnovo town went through two large migrations. The most important event in the current history of the town remains its becoming of an educational center and a center of revolutionary fights. All the districts of Malko Tarnovo town participated in Preobrazhensko uprising. A great number of revolutionary active members have been given by Malko Tarnovo town: Stamat Ikonomov, Diko Dzhelebov, Voino Royanov, Lefter Mechev and others. On the congress carried out in Petrova niva area the people of Malko Tarnovo town are represented with dignity. The final annexation of Malko Tarnovo town within the bounds of the Bulgarian state became after the Balkan wars on the 25th of October 1913 year. In the districts of the town is extracted marble. Thus of the disposal, the town of Malko Tarnovo is a visited place by many people. The climate favours the cure of pulmonary diseases. Symbol of the town is Golemiyat vris (a spring), built up in 1862 year. It served as a holy spring before was covered. Here are accomplished public prayers for rainfalls that is why the population respects it as a holy place.
Interesting visiting places: Historical museum with natural collection exhibition; Orthodox Church”Uspenie Bogorodichno”; East Catholic Church “St. Troitsa” (Holy Triad); Thracian tombs and mound necropolis in Propada area; Thracian cult complex in Miskova niva area
Thracian rock sanctuary in Kamenska barchina area; Chapel “St. Troitsa” (Holy Triad) situated 2 km away to the west of the town; Chapel “St. Bogoroditsa” (St. Virgin Marry) – a chapel and curative spring to the north-west of the town, 8 km away in Peikovo countryside
Chapel “St. Bogoroditsa” in the area of Chernogorovo at about 4 km away southeast from the town.
Nessebar
Nessebar (Bulgarian: Несебър, variously transliterated), previously known as Mesembria (Greek: Μεσημβρια) and before that as Menebria, is an ancient city on the Black Sea coast of Bulgaria, located in Nessebar municipality, Burgas Province. In modern times, Nessebar is a major tourist attraction in what has become a popular area with several large resorts—the largest, Sunny Beach, is situated immediately to the north of Nessebar and most of the companies that offer services in property management Bulgaria have opened their offices there.
Nessebar has on several occasions found itself on the frontier of a threatened empire, and as such it is a town with a rich history. The ancient part of the town is situated on a peninsula connected to the mainland by a man-made isthmus, and it bears evidence of occupation by a variety of different civilisations over the course of its existence. Its abundance of historic buildings prompted UNESCO to inscribe Nessebar on its list of World Heritage Sites in 1983.
The area of the Municipality of Nessebar is 21 883 decares or 5.4% of the territory of the District of Burgas. 167 229 decares of them are arable lands, 20 418 decares are forests. The beaches are among the largest on the Bulgarian Black Sea coastline, with an area of 1517 decares and a capacity of 139 450 places for the tourists. These natural resources are the most important factors which determine and form the main fields of the municipal economic - tourism, recreation, and sports.
118 hotels, 86 BB, 294 private lodgings, 55 restaurants function on the territory of the municipality. A significant part of this in-kind base is concentrated in the resort complexes Sunny Beach and Elenite in Nessebar and the villages St. Vrach and Ravda.
History
Originally a Thracian settlement known as Menebria, the town became a Greek colony at the beginning of the 6th century BC, and was an important trading centre from then on. Remains from the Hellenistic period include the acropolis, a temple of Apollo, and an agora. A wall which formed part of the Greek fortifications can still be seen on the north side of the peninsula.
The town fell under Roman rule in 71 BC, yet continued to enjoy privileges such as the right to mint its own coinage. It was one of the most important strongholds of the Byzantine Empire from the 5th century AD onwards, and was fought over by Byzantines and Bulgarians, being captured in 812 by Khan Krum after a two week siege.
Monuments from the Middle Ages include the 9th-century Stara Mitropolia, a basilica without a transept; the 10th-century church of the Virgin; and the 11th-century Nova Mitropolia, which continued to be embelished until the 18th century. In the 13th and 14th century a remarkable series of churches were built: St Theodore, St Paraskeva, St Michael and St Gabriel, and St John Aliturgetos.
The capture of the town by the Turks from the Byzantine Empire in 1453 marked the start of its decline, but its architectural heritage remained and was enriched in the 19th century by the construction of wooden houses in the Eastern Rumelian Greek style typical for the Bulgarian Black Sea Coast during this period.
Pomorie
Pomorie (formerly Anchialos and Tuthom) is a town in Bulgaria on the Black Sea coast. Built near the ancient Greek city of Apolonia (now Sozopol), it became one of the five most important towns on the Bulgarian Black Sea Coast. The others were Burgas, Apolonia (now Sozopol), Messembria (now Nessebar) and Varna.
Tsarevo
Tsarevo (formerly Vassiliko and Michurin, population: 6274 (2005)) is a resort and fishing town on the Bulgarian Black Sea Coast, situated on three small coves 72 km southeast of Burgas, at the eastern foot of the Strandzha Mountain. The town is the administrative centre of the Tsarevo Municipality, part of the Burgas Province. Tsarevo's harbour is the southernmost one on the Bulgarian coast and is declared an international harbour in 1995.
Sozopol
Sozopol (Bulgarian: Созопол, Greek: Σωζόπολη, Turkish: Sizeboli) is a small ancient town located 30 km south of Burgas on the southern Bulgarian Black Sea Coast. Today the town is mostly a beach resort known for the Apollonia art and film festival named after one of Sozopol's ancient names. The interest of the visitors in acquiring propertiy in this magnificent town makes the servises of the property management Bulgaria especially necessary.
History
Sozopol is one of the oldest towns on the Bulgarian Black Sea Coast. The first settlement on the site dates back to the Bronze Age. Undersea explorations in the region of the port reveal relics of dwellings, ceramic pottery, stone and bone tools from that era. Many anchors from the second and first millennium BC have been discovered in the town's bay, a proof of active shipping since ancient times. The location was colonized by the Milesians, who founded a town originally named Antheia, but this was soon changed to Apollonia. Apollonia was famous for its colossal statue of Apollo by Calamis, which Lucullus moved to Rome. At various times, Apollonia was known as Apollonia Pontica (that is, Apollonia on the Black Sea, the ancient Pontus Euxinus) and Apollonia Magna (Great Apollonia).
The town established itself as a trade and naval centre in the following centuries. It kept strong political and trade relations with the cities of Ancient Greece – Miletus, Athens, Corinth, Heraclea Pontica and the islands Rhodes, Chios, Lesbos, etc. Its trade influence in the Thracian territories was based on a treaty with the rulers of the Odrysian kingdom dating from the fifth century BC. The symbol of the town – the anchor, present on all coins minted by Apollonia since the sixth century BC, is proof of the importance of trade. The rich town soon became an important cultural centre. At these times it was called Apollonia Magna.
Sozopol was Christianized early. Bishops are recorded as resident there from at least 431. At least eight bishops are known: Athanasius (431), Peter (680), Euthymius (787) and Ignatius (869) (all of whom in the Roman Catholic Church); Theodosius (1357), Joannicius, who became Patriarch of Constantinople (1524), Philotheus (1564) and Joasaph (1721) (all of whom in the Eastern Orthodox Church).
Art flourished in the Christian era. The ancient icons and magnificent woodcarving in the iconostases are a remarkable accomplishment of the craftsmanship of these times. The architecture of the houses in the old town from the Renaissance period makes it a unique place to visit today. Occupied in turn by Byzantines and Ottomans, Sozopol was assigned to the newly independent Bulgaria in the 19th century.
Names
The original name of the city is attested as Antheia. Coins were minted in the town bearing the inscription Apollonia, which date from the sixth century BC to the first half of the third century AD. During this period, appellations such as Apollonia Pontica (Apollonia on the Black Sea) and Apollonia Magna (Great Apollonia) have been recorded. By the first century AD, the name Sozopolis began to appear in written records (e.g., in the Periplus Ponti Euxini). After the town became part of the Ottoman Empire, the name was Turkified to Sizeboli, Sizebolu or Sizebolou. After Bulgaria took possession of the town, it was Slavicized to Sozopol.
Primorsko
Primorsko (Приморско) is a town in southeastern Bulgaria, part of Burgas Province. A well-known resort on the Bulgarian Black Sea Coast, it is located on a gore 52 km south of Burgas and has a beach strip of about 1 km². The average temperature is 27°C in July, often reaching 30-33°C and making Primorsko a favoured place for tourism. One of the smaller towns in Bulgaria by population, Primorsko has seen a remarkable increase of residents in recent years, topping the list of Bulgarian towns by population growth between December 2004 and June 2005 with 13.5%. The rivers Ropotamo and Dyavolska reka run close to the town.
Ahtopol
Agatopolis ("The town of love") - that’s how the Greeks in the Middle Ages called this exotic place. Ahtopol is the most southern Bulgarian town on the Black Sea coast (Burgas district). It is situated both on the Black Sea coast and at the foot of Middle Strandzha mountain. The cooler Mediterranean climate is strongly felt here and that attracts a lot of tourists into the town not only during the summer months, but all over the year. Their recently bought real estates here are being maintained by the companies working in the branch of the property management Bulgaria.
The archaeological excavations in the region of Achtopol show life traces from different periods - the Antiquity, the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. Some very ancient coins were found near the town, including emissions, coinaged in Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, and from almost all European countries. The picturesque river of Veleka is running only 4 km south of Ahtopol.
The river comes from the very heart of Strandzha Mountain. The combination of sea side and river coast, the specific fauna and flora of the region are really impressive and can satisfy all the tourists eager for adventures into desolated places among the virgin nature.
