| Kazanlak | |
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| Government | |
| - Mayor | Stefan Damyanov |
| Area | |
| - City | 36 km² (13. The state of Bulgaria (България transliterated bg-Latn ''Balgaria'' The country preserves the traditions (in ethnic name language and alphabet of the First Bulgarian Area is a Quantity expressing the two- Dimensional size of a defined part of a Surface, typically a region bounded by a closed Curve. Square Kilometre ( US spelling square kilometer) symbol km2, is a decimal multiple of the SI unit of 9 sq mi) |
| - Land | 36 km² (13. The square mile is an imperial and US unit of Area equal the area of a square of one statute mile. 9 sq mi) |
| - Water | 0 km² (0 sq mi) 0% |
| Elevation | 407 m (1,335 ft) |
| Population | |
| - City | 79,464 |
| - Metro | 90,855 |
| - Metro Density | 126/km² (326. The elevation of a Geographic location is its height above a fixed reference point often the mean sea level. The metre or meter is a unit of Length. It is the basic unit of Length in the Metric system and in the International A foot (plural feet or foot; symbol or abbreviation ft or sometimes &prime – the prime symbol) is a non-SI unit A metropolitan area is a large population center consisting of a large Metropolis and its adjacent zone of influence or of more than one closely adjoining neighboring central 3/sq mi) |
| Website: http://www.kazanlak.bg/ | |
Kazanlak (Bulgarian: Казанлък) is a city located in the geographic center of Bulgaria. Bulgarian (български език IPA: ɛzˈik is an Indo-European language, a member of the Slavic linguistic group It is the 10th biggest industrial center in Bulgaria, with a population of 79,464 people as of 2007. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Kazanlak is a capital city of the famous Rose Valley.
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History
The region around Kazanlak has been inhabited for thousands of years, with traces of civilization going as far back as 2000 BC. The 20th century BC is a Century which lasted from the year 2000 BC to 1901 BC
In the 4th century BC, near the ancient Thracian capital of Seuthopolis and close to the city, a magnificent Thracian tomb was built. Seuthopolis was an ancient city founded by the Thracian king Seuthes III, and the capital of the Odrysian kingdom since 320 BC The Thracian Tomb of Kazanlak is a vaulted brickwork "beehive" (tholos tomb near the town of Kazanlak in central Bulgaria. Consisting of a vaulted brickwork "beehive" (tholos) tomb, it contains, among other things, painted murals representing a Thracian couple at a ritual funeral feast. As a generic term tholos tomb is an alternative name for a Beehive tomb from the late Bronze Age. The tomb was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1979. United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization ( UNESCO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations established on November 16 A UNESCO World Heritage Site is a site (such as a Forest, Mountain, Lake, Desert, Monument, Building, complex
The current city of Kazanlak was founded in the 1300s out of a strategic need to protect the Shipka Pass. Shipka (Шипка " Rosa canina ") is a town in central Bulgaria, part of Kazanlak municipality Stara Zagora Province
Culture
The cultural centre of Kazanlak is the Iskra chitalishte, founded in 1860. A chitalishte (читалище) is a typical Bulgarian public institution and building which fulfills several functions at once such as a community centre library and a It contains a library, theatre, cinema, and museum. It was host to the first Bulgarian opera, Siromahkinya. Opera is an art form in which Singers and Musicians perform a Dramatic work (called an opera which combines a text (called a Libretto [1]
Sights
The city lies at the eastern end of the famous Rose Valley. The Rose Valley (Розова долина Rozova dolina) is a region in Bulgaria located just south of the Balkan Mountains, between them and the It is flanked with mid-height mountain ranges on opposite sides, and is especially marvellous in May when rose fields blossom and the fragrance is unparalleled. A rose is a perennial flowering Shrub or vine of the Genus Rosa, within the family Rosaceae, that contains over 100 species The beautiful celebrations for the blossom of the roses there takes place in the first week of June. The whole week is filled with different attractions every day. That week is also interesting, because there is a beauty pageant and on the last day of the celebrations, the most beautiful girl in the city is chosen. They call her "The Queen Of Roses". According to The Ultimate Visual Encyclopedia, Bulgaria is the major supplier of a certain type of rose oil in the world and Kazanlak's rose gardens are the largest rose gardens in the whole world. It is the only place in the entire world that can grow this certain rose.
Industry
Prominent among Kazanlak's manufacturers is Arsenal Corp. Founded in 1924, it manufactures and develops a wide range of military equipment, including small arms (especially AK-47 models), anti-aircraft missiles, and heavy machine guns. Small arms is a term used by the Armed forces to refer to Infantry Weapons such as the Firearms that an individual soldier can carry The AK-47 (contraction of Russian Автомат Калашникова образца 1947 года; Avtomat Kalashnikova obraztsa 1947 goda; "Kalashnikov's A surface to air missile ( SAM) or ground-to-air missile ( GTAM) is a Missile designed to be launched from the ground to destroy Aircraft For other uses of the phrase see Machine Gun (disambiguation. Also located in the city are M+S Hydraulic and Caproni JSC, manufacturers of hydraulic components. Kazanlak has three textile factories, one for woolen cloth, the second producing thread of different types and the last producing cloth from synthetic materials. Finally, Kazanlak is home to a rose oil factory.
Famous people
- Chudomir, writer
- Emanuil Manolov, composer
- Petko Staynov, composer
- Dechko Uzunov, artist
- Svetla Ivanova, pop singer
- Elvira Georgieva, estrada and chalga singer
- Petko Orozov, philanthropist, Rose Oil industrialist and innovator
Sister cities
| Country | City | Date |
|---|---|---|
 Egypt | Alexandria | 2006 |
| Egypt | Luxor | 2006 |
 France | Grasse | 2004 |
| France | Saint-Herblain | 2008 |
 Greece | Veria | 2001 |
 Russia | Tolyatti | 1994 |
 Japan | Fukuyama | 1995 |
 Macedonia | Kočani | 2007 |
 Hungary | Nagykanizsa | 1970 |
 Romania | Târgovişte | 2004 |
Gallery
 Mati Bolgaria High School |  City centre |  "Luvova Cheshma"-The Lion's Fountain in the city's center |  Fresco in the 4th century BC Thracian Tomb of Kazanlak, an UNESCO World Heritage Site |
Kazanlak 2. Chudomir (Чудомир ( March 25, 1890 — December 26, 1967) born Dimitar Hristov Chorbadzhiev (Димитър Христов Emanuil Manolov (Емануил Манолов ( January 7 1860, Gabrovo - February 2 1902, Kazanlak) was a Bulgarian Petko Staynov (born December 1, 1896 in Kazanlak, died June 26, 1977) was a Bulgarian Composer and Pianist Dechko Uzunov (Дечко Узунов ( February 22, 1899 &ndash April 26, 1986) was a Bulgarian painter. Chalga (Чалга is the most common word used for identifying the Pop folk in Bulgaria incorporating a blend of Arabic, Turkish, Greek This article is about the country of Egypt For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Egypt topics. Alexandria ( Egyptian Arabic: اسكندريه Eskendereyya; Standard Arabic: ar الإسكندرية Al-Iskandariyya; Ἀλεξάνδρεια This article is about the country of Egypt For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Egypt topics. Luxor (in Arabic: الأقصر al-Uqṣur) is a city in Upper (southern Egypt and the capital of Luxor This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. Grasse ( Provençal Occitan: Grassa in classical norm or Grasso in Mistralian norm is a town and Episcopal see in southeastern This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. Saint-Herblain (Sant-Ervlan is a commune of the Loire-Atlantique département in the Pays de la Loire region of Greece (Ελλάδα transliterated: Elláda, historically, Ellás,) officially the Hellenic Republic (Ελληνική Δημοκρατία Veria (officially transliterated as Veroia, Greek Βέροια or Βέρροια also Φέροια in Classical Greek - Βέροια being Russia (Россия Rossiya) or the Russian Federation ( Rossiyskaya Federatsiya) is a transcontinental Country extending Tolyatti or Togliatti (Толья́тти tɘlʲ'jati is a city in Samara Oblast, Russia. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. Kočani (Кочани) is a town away from Skopje, situated in the Eastern part of the Republic of Macedonia, with population of 28 330 Hungary (Magyarország 'mɔɟɔrorsaːg) officially in English the Republic of Hungary ( Magyar Köztársaság, literally Magyar (Hungarian Republic Nagykanizsa (Kaniža Надканижа, Großkirchen Groß-Kanizsa Kanije Велика Кањижа Velika Kanjiža) is a medium-sized city Zala County Romania ( dated: Rumania, Roumania Târgovişte (old spelling Tîrgovişte; tɨrˈgoviʃte is a city in the Dâmboviţa county of Romania. The Thracian Tomb of Kazanlak is a vaulted brickwork "beehive" (tholos tomb near the town of Kazanlak in central Bulgaria. United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization ( UNESCO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations established on November 16 A UNESCO World Heritage Site is a site (such as a Forest, Mountain, Lake, Desert, Monument, Building, complex JPG Sevtopolis Plaza - Folklor Festival |
References
External links
- Official website for Kazanlak
- Kazanlak info
- Kazanlak.com
- Kazanlak.start.bg
- Official UNESCO description of the Kazanlak tomb
- Bulgarian World Heritage Sites; further professional links
- Pictures from Kazanlak Info
- Pictures from Kazanlak
- History of Kazanlak
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