Kalovo ( bg, Калово) is a village in
Malko Tarnovo Municipality
Malko Tarnovo Municipality ( Bulgarian: Община Малко Търново, ''Obshtina Malko Tarnovo'') is a municipality in Burgas Province, Bulgaria. It includes the town of Malko Tarnovo
Malko Tarnovo ( bg, Малко Търново , "Li ...
, in
Burgas Province
Burgas Province ( bg, Област Бургас, translit=Oblast Burgas, formerly the Burgas okrug) is a province in southeastern Bulgaria, including the southern Bulgarian Black Sea Coast. The province is named after its administrative and ind ...
, in southeastern
Bulgaria
Bulgaria (; bg, България, Bǎlgariya), officially the Republic of Bulgaria,, ) is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the eastern flank of the Balkans, and is bordered by Romania to the north, Serbia and North Macedo ...
.
Guide Bulgaria
Accessed May 5, 2010 It is situated in Strandzha Nature Park
Strandzha Nature Park ( bg, Природен парк Странджа ''Priroden park Strandzha'', also transliterated as Stranja Nature Park) is the largest protected area in Bulgaria spanning a territory of in the Strandzha Mountain in the ...
.
Kalovo village is located 54 km from Malko Tarnovo and 56 km from Bourgas. The name comes from the Greek word "Kalos", which means "beautiful". There is a legend which says that prior to moving to Kalovo, the village founders lived in the area Strandjan Sarzhdevo, but their children are sick and dying. Then the people decided to move to another place and asked the Greek merchant, who traveled around the world to show their place. People on the left of the dealer, and when they reached the land of this village, garkat them as the most suitable place and since then the village is here.
Kalovo village has narrow, winding streets and old houses. The village church, St. George's Church, was built in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
St. Panteleimon is located just 2 km from the village of St. Todor "at the end of the village, and St. Petka - 4 km north of Kalovo in place" Paroria.
In the vicinity of the village, in the district Zmeyuvi, there are three dolmens, 5 meters long. Also 1.5 km northwest of Kalovo is "not a stone point", where there are a lot of dolmens.
East Kalovo Paroria is a protected area, and the village is the starting point for a number of "Eco Tours".
References
Villages in Burgas Province
{{Burgas-geo-stub