http://www.bulgariainside.com/ Articles from category: Botevgrad from bulgariainside.com http://www.bulgariainside.eu/en/articles/Botevgrad/714/index.html <img src="http://www.bulgariainside.eu/images/galleries/th_126x95/17f4132a3be166038f371df5698249a8.jpeg" height="95" width="126" border="0" hspace="5" vspace="0" align="left" > Botevgrad is one of the small Bulgarian towns that you might miss while searching for other adventures and exotic tourism sites. The town is situated in the middle of the Botevgrad valley that locals usually call the trough, 60 km away from Sofia and 30 km away from the town of Etropole. Beautiful nature, medieval fortresses and several small villages in the region give options to fans of numerous tourism activities. Historians date back the settlement to the 5th century BC when it was created by Thracians. A Roman road probably passed through the area. Later, the village was relocated to the mountain area and was named Zelin. In the middle of the 18th century, the settlement was relocated once again to the valley and started carrying the name Samoundzhievo, probably because of a bakery in the region (an old Bulgarian word for bakery is samoundzhiynitsa.) An Ottoman ruler... Tue, 07 Apr 2009 14:45:00 +0300