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Mezdra Municipality
Mezdra ( bg, Мездра ) is a town in northwestern Bulgaria, part of Vratsa Province. It is located on the left bank of the Iskar River just north of its gorge through the Balkan Mountains. History Although the area around it has been inhabited continuously since prehistoric times, Mezdra remained a small village of 86 residents (1881 census) and continued to decline (76 residents in 1888) until 1893, when the construction of the Sofia-Varna railway began, with workers from all around the country arriving to update the infrastructure. As the village became an important railway junction with the opening of the railway on 20 February 1897, its population grew substantially. Mezdra had a population of 311 in 1900 and 1,015 in 1920. Although it formally remained a village until proclaimed a town on 31 August 1950, Mezdra acquired the appearance of a small town through the work of architects who studied in Western Europe and established the Western European style in the village. To ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Lyutibrod
Lyutibrod ( bg, Лютиброд) is a village in Mezdra Municipality in Vratsa Province, western Bulgaria. As of 2007 it has a population of 452. The village is situated in the northern end of the Iskar Gorge, on the right bank of the river of the same name. On the opposite bank of the river are the Ritlite rock formation and the Cherepish Monastery is located at several kilometers to the south. The former settlement Korites, abandoned in the 15th century, contain the ruins of four medieval churches, including a 5th-century basilica. Мичев, Михаил. ''Изчезнали селища в предбалканската зона на Врачанско и Ботевградско, Известия на българското историческо дружество'', кн. XXXVI, С. 1984, с. 35-39 Honours Lyutibrod Rocks in Antarctica Antarctica () is Earth's southernmost and least-populated continent. Situated almost entirely south of the Antarctic Circle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eliseyna
Eliseina ( bg, Елисейна) is a village in Mezdra Municipality in Vratsa Province, northwestern Bulgaria. it has 390 inhabitants. :bg:ЕСГРАОН The village is situated on the northern slopes of Stara Planina in a region rich in copper, lead and zinc Zinc is a chemical element with the symbol Zn and atomic number 30. Zinc is a slightly brittle metal at room temperature and has a shiny-greyish appearance when oxidation is removed. It is the first element in group 12 (IIB) of the periodi ... deposits. There is a small copper smelter near the village. References Villages in Vratsa Province {{Vratsa-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
