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The village of Stomantsi

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Stomantsi is a village in Southern Bulgaria. It is located in the municipality of Kirkovo, Kardzhali Region.

The village is located 19 km north-west of Kirkovo, 34 km south-west of Kardzhali, 30 km in the same direction of Momchilgrad and about 274 km south-east of the capital Sofia city. The village of Fotinovo is located at 10 km in the south-east.

It is situated in an area with hilly and foothill relief at an altitude of 315 meters. The climate is transitional-Mediterranean, winters are relatively mild and summers are long and hot.

Here live about 230 people.

Stomantsi has electricity and water supply systems. The border between Kirkovo municipality and the municipality of Dzhebel passes through the village.

There are a grocery store and a town hall here. Primary school, community center and kindergarten you will find in the village of Starovo /4 km south/. Specialized medical assistance can be obtained again in Fotinovo - by one GP. The nearest polyclinic is located in the village of Kirkovo. General hospital you can find in the town of Momchilgrad and secondary school - in the village of Benkovski /17 km in the south-west/.

LANDMARKS AND TOURISM

On the left bank on Varbitsa River, near the village of Fotinovo, you can see six Thracian niches, ancient cuts, grooves and a rock tomb.There are also amazing rock formations resembling turtles that are carved in the rocks. According to the researchers thay were made by an ancient civilization that used to inhabit the Eastern Rhodopes.

Only 15 km in the east, in the village of Stareyshino, can be visited the Dome tomb "Punar Kaya" which means rock well in Turkish. The water that rises from the tomb is collected in two stone basin carved into the rock before it. The tomb is revered among local people as sacred, as there is a belief that the place and the water flowing from the tomb, have curative power.

In the village of Benkovski you can see a few sites:

the renovated mosque in the center of the village where Muslims from all over the region gather to pray;

the venerable oak, over 200 years old, declared protected;

a Thracian rock tomb in Veslets heighbourhood - carved in a rocky massive, with a semicircular shape. Today, there is a hole in the dome and it is honoured by the local people as a squeeze. After passing through the bushes aro und the stone they tie threads around to leave the disease there;

a rocky area, where the elements have for centuries carved the huge stones in a variety of bizarre rock forms of animals and plants, the most interesting of which are "The Crocodile", "The Mushroom", "Lion's Head", etc.

Veykata Peak /1463 m/ - Bulgaria's southernmost site, is situated 26 km south-west of Stomantsi. Interesting for tourists is also the protected area neraby, representing a mountainous area covered with mesophytic forests, including endangered natural habitats. From the top you can see the Aegean Sea.

Source: http://www.kirkovo.bg, http://bg.guide-bulgaria.com
Photos: http://www.panoramio.com

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