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The town of Kotel (population: 7433, 527 m above sea level) is situated in a picturesque small valley (kotlovina - that is where its name derives from) in the Kotel Balkan (Eastern Stara Planina Mountain. It is 328 km east of Sofia, 49 km north-east of Sliven, 38 km and 62 km south of Omourtag and Targovishte, respectively. An old town from the Revival Period.
Kotel History
At the beginning of the Ottoman Rule Kotel was inhabited by Bulgarians from the adjacent towns and villages in search of rescue. A Turkish register of 1486 contains the earliest information about the town. During the first centuries of the foreign domination it was inhabited by the so-called derventdgii (special Bulgarian guards of the mountain passes and roads) and dzhelepi (traders of cattle, sheep in particular). The already mentioned obligations of Kotel towards the central authority compensated for a relative independence - municipal self government, independently elected local governor, ...
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Kotel excellent location and rural paradise
Kotel is an old town, arose in the mouth of the Kotel pass, situated in the eastern part of the Balkan range, at 530 meters altitude. Its population is of about 7600 and it is located 330 km east of Sofia. The village was mentioned for the first time in a Turkish register dated from 1486. The city's economy blossomed due to the fact, that the locals were very hard working, they developed many craft. The city enjoyed great wool supplies asuch was noted with its fabrications of carpets. Between 18th and 19th century, the local is secured contract to supply clothes to the Turkish army and this ...
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Kotel ancient town and modern beauty
Kotel – a town is legend and history. At the approach to the town three stone soldiers are standing eternal guard. A date is carved in the rock opposite them: 1280. Bellow it there is a lion – a symbol of strength and power.In this way the old town welcomes its guests. It is ready to reveal them past and present. They will stop fascinated at the town square, buried in wild geranium and boxshrubs. They will bow to the pleiad of enlighteners, who served the homeland with pen and gun at the Museum of Renaissance. Then they will submerge into the atmosphere of the old Kotel home from 18 – 19 ...
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Places to Visit
The town of Kotel has been declared an architecture and historical reserve. There have been preserved about 110 houses from the Revival Period in the quarter of Galata that survived the fire in 1894, as well as in those at Durlyanka street. They are Kamchiya-style houses - one- or two-storied , made of stone and wood, with brilliant wood carvings, huge eves, curved roofs and fantastic yards.
The Galatan School (17, Izvorska Str., tel.: 0453 2316, working hours: 8.00 a.m. - 12.00 a.m. and 1.30 p.m. - 6.00 p.m.) - an architectural monument from 1869. There is a museum exposition of brilliant ...
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