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town of Gotse Delchev

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Gotse Delchev is an administrative centre, which is situated in the region of Blagoevgrad.

Location

The municipality is 105 km from Blagoevgrad and 203 km from Sofia. The closest sea dock is the Greek town Kavalaand is only on 95 km. The connections between Gotse Delchev and the neighbouring Greek towns are carried out through the checkpoint Ilinden - Eksohi.

The town of Gotse Delchev is situated in the Gotse Delchev Hollow, at the southwest foot of the Middle Pirin Mountain, along both banks of the Nevrokopska (Gradska) River - a tributary to the Mesta River, which flows 3 km west of the town.

The Gotse Delchev municipality encompasses an area of 315.8 sq, km in the southwest part of Bulgaria. It borders the municipalities of Hajidimovo, Garmen, Bansko and Sandanski.

History

Due to their favourable climate, the Gotse Delchev Hollow and the low-mountain hilly areas were already populated in very ancient times. There are numerous remains of the material culture of prehistoric man from the Neolithic and the Chalcolithic ages, of the Thracians form the 1st millennium BC, of the Roman rule and late Antiquity, of the Slavs.

The region was annexed to the Bulgarian kingdom in 837 AD. During the Ottoman rule, especially in c. 16 and 17, part of the local Bulgarian Christian population was forcibly converted to Islam as a result of the conquerors' assimilation policy, but preserved its national consciousness and traditions.

The economic upsurge in the National Revival period manifested itself in the development of stockbreeding, agriculture, bee keeping and silkworm breeding and the flourishing of crafts and commerce. The town of Nevrokop (the present Gotse Delchev) became famous as the only producer of the valued Nevrokop chans (bells). Skilful masons were building residential and public buildings of remarkable architectural value, and so the town and the neighbouring villages were renovated, developed and enlarged. The export of commodities was directed to the south - to Seres, Drama, Kavala and Thessalonica in present Greece, and to the west - to Serbia and Austro-Hungary. The big Nevrokop Fair, which took place every year, was of great importance to the economic life of the region.

During the National Revival period, the Bulgarian population waged long and dramatic struggles for new Bulgarian education and an autonomous church from the Greek Patriarchate and took active part in the struggles for liberation from the Ottoman rule.

Sights of the Region

The Gotse Delchev Municipality offers a great variety of sites for the loves of nature. The Chinarbey (a 500-year-old, 24 m high plane tree) grows on the bank of the Delchevska River. The Twins - age-old chestnut trees grow 1.5km west of the town of Gotse Delchev. The fishpond by the Mesta River offers attractive pastimes and consumption of its produce in a specialized fish restaurant.

The picturesque, 25 m high Momina Klisura Defile of the Mesta River connects the Razlog Hollow with the Gotse Delchev Hollow and separates the Pirin Mountains form the Rhodopes. A very beautiful part of Pirin National Park with three cirques - the Kornitsa Cirque, the Breznitsa Cirque and the Kamenitsa Cirque - occupy 1487.2 hectares of the municipality's area. The Orelyak Nature Reserve is famous for its old beech forests. The resort locality Popovi Livadi (1430 m above sea level) is a convenient starting point for the Orelyak and the ridge of the elevation Debeli Rid, which surrounds the three cirques. The International Mountain Route E-4 (The Pyrenees - Peloponnesus) also passes through here.

Trips can be made from the town of Gotse Delchev to the popular national and international tourist centre Bansko (32 km). Picturesque mountain roads passing through the resort locality Popovi Livadi to the original village of Pirin (44 km), the Pirin Chalet (61 km, the famous Rozhen Monastery (79 km) and the cultural and historical reserve Melnik (80 km).

Internet websites: http://bulgaria.domino.bg/gotsedelchev

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