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The village of Chereshitsa

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Chereshitsa is a village in Southern Bulgaria. It is part of Kardzhali Municipality, Kardzhali Region.

It is located 28 km north-east of Kardzhali, 29 km south-west of Haskovo, 95 km west of Svilengrad and 258 km south-east of the capital Sofia.

The village of Chereshitsa is situated in the Eastern Rhodopes at an altitude of about 421 m. The relief is hilly and the climate - transitional Mediterranean with hot summer and mild winter.

The population is approximately 270 people.

The village is provided with electricity and water and has good tranport connections. There is a cafe here. The nearest post office, police department, primary school, kindergarten, GP and community center are in the village of Most /3 km in the south-west/. The nearest hospitals are in Haskovo where you can also find the nearest secondary school.

LANDMARKS AND TOURISM

At the settlement of the village of Perperek /10 km in the south/ is located the protected territory "Field of rodopska gorska maika" which occupies area of 1.70 ha. The plant is Balkan endemic species, included in the Red Book of Bulgaria.

At about 16 km in the south-west of Chereshitsa, close to the village of Chiflik, you can visit a rather interesting archaelogical complex of religious objects and tombs in the area Klise Basha. The most interesting object is the church built in the style of "opus mixtum" revealed on an earth terrace near Perpereshka River. At the west and the north of the main church is revealed large secular cemetery with more than 100 studied graves. Most of the tombs are burial chambers of stone plates and are marked by stone pillars with crosses, which was not a traditional custom of the Middle Ages. In many of the tombs were found artifacts associated primarily with the Christian religion.

At 17 km south-west is located the famous Thracian complex Perperikon. It consists of big megalithic sanctuary, a holy town and a fortress.

At about 20 km south-west, near the village of Shiroko pole, you can visit the medieval fortress Monyak. The fort is one of the largest (over 50 ha) and highest forts in the Rhodope mountains. It was built in XII-XIII century and was used as the main fort of Bulgarian rulers in the region in the early life of Bulgaria.

Sources: www.kardjali.bg, http://bg.guide-bulgaria.com, http://bg.wikipedia.org
Photos: www.panoramio.com

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