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Asenovgrad

Thu, 18 Feb 2010 11:24:00 +0200

Only 19 km away from the city of Plovdiv, you will find the town that is probably most popular for its wedding dress production. This town is Asenovgrad. It is worth paying a visit to Asenovgrad, even if you lack intentions to purchase a wedding dress. The settlement appeared in the 7th century and carried the Greek name Stenimahos. Some believe that the Greek root of the word means that the settlement formed after fierce battles. Other versions focus on the location of the town in the gorge of Chaia River. One of the most important roads to Greece passes through the municipality. Since its creation, Asenovgrad has seen strong Greek influence. Until the beginning of the 20th century, Stanimahos was a mainly Greek town having 9000 residents. As a result, the town refrained from taking active participation in the Bulgarian liberation struggles. Asenovgrad was freed from...

Asenovgrad Museum of Paleontology

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 16:25:00 +0200

If you are looking for something unique to explore in Bulgaria, you might consider heading to the town of Asenovgrad where you will discover a one of a kind museum. Some of the artifacts exhibited there are matchless on a global scale and will give you more information about the beautiful Bulgarian nature and the past of the territory. Asenovgrad’s paleontology museum was founded in 1990 as a subsidiary to the National Museum of Natural History in Sofia. Most of the collection was created due to the efforts of a single man named Dimitur Kovachev. Kovachev worked for many years as biology teacher in the Asenovgrad high school. He decided to get his 9th grade students excited about science. Together, they began searching for paleontological remains and bringing piece by piece a vast collection into existence. The museum is readily accessible. When you reach...