Lukovit ( bg, Луковит ) is a town in northern
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 Macedon ...
, part of
Lovech Province
Lovech Province ( bg, Област Ловеч, translit=Oblast Lovech, former name Lovech okrug) is one of the 28 provinces of Bulgaria, lying at the northern centre of the country. It is named after its main city - Lovech. As of December 200 ...
. It is situated on both banks of the
Zlatna Panega between the
Danubian Plain and the foot of
Stara Planina
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. As of December 2009, the town has a population of 9,630 inhabitants.
[Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian towns in 2009]
The town was first mentioned in
Ottoman registers of 1430. In 1495, it had 47 households. Between 1683 and 1687, Lukovit was part of an Ottoman process of forceful
Islamization
Islamization, Islamicization, or Islamification ( ar, أسلمة, translit=aslamāh), refers to the process through which a society shifts towards the religion of Islam and becomes largely Muslim. Societal Islamization has historically occur ...
, but was never completely converted as late as 1860 when it had 250
Muslim Bulgarian and 260
Eastern Orthodox
Eastern Orthodoxy, also known as Eastern Orthodox Christianity, is one of the three main branches of Chalcedonian Christianity, alongside Catholicism and Protestantism.
Like the Pentarchy of the first millennium, the mainstream (or "canonical") ...
households. After the
Liberation of Bulgaria
The Liberation of Bulgaria is the historical process as a result of the Bulgarian Revival. In Bulgarian historiography, the liberation of Bulgaria refers to those events of the Tenth Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878) that led to the re-establishmen ...
, all the Muslims left the town.
Buried artefacts from the 4th century BC
Thracian
The Thracians (; grc, Θρᾷκες ''Thrāikes''; la, Thraci) were an Indo-European speaking people who inhabited large parts of Eastern and Southeastern Europe in ancient history.. "The Thracians were an Indo-European people who occupied t ...
culture, the
Lukovit Treasure
The Lukovit Treasure ( bg, Луковитско съкровище) is a silver Thracian treasure.
Discovery
It was found in 1953 near the town of Lukovit, Lovech Province, north-western Bulgaria.
Description
It consists of two groups ...
(Bulgarian: Луковитско съкровище) comprising horse brasses made of silver, were found in 1953 near the town.
Honour
Lukovit Point
Lukovit Point ( bg, нос Луковит, ‘Nos Lukovit’ \'nos 'lu-ko-vit\) is an ice-free point on the coast of Hero Bay, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica forming the west side of the entrance to Maleshevo Cove. S ...
on
Livingston Island
Livingston Island (Russian name ''Smolensk'', ) is an Antarctic island in the Southern Ocean, part of the South Shetlands Archipelago, a group of Antarctic islands north of the Antarctic Peninsula. It was the first land discovered south of 60 ...
,
South Shetland Islands
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is named after Lukovit.
The local football team is
Botev Lukovit
FC Botev Lukovit ( bg, Ботев (Луковит)) is a Bulgarian football club from Lukovit, currently playing in the Bulgarian "A" RFG Lovech. The stadium of the club is The City Stadium in Lukovit with capacity of 3,000 people.
History
B ...
.
See also
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Aglen
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Lovech
Lovech ( bg, Ловеч, Lovech, ) is a List of cities and towns in Bulgaria, city in north-central Bulgaria. It is the administrative centre of the Lovech Province and of the subordinate Lovech Municipality. The city is located about northeast f ...
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Petrevene
Petrevene ( bg, Петревене, or ) is a village in North Central Bulgaria.
It is situated on the left bank of Zlatna Panega River, Panega river ( bg, Панега, ''also'': Zlatna Panega, bg, Златна Панега, 'Golden Panega', ...
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Teteven
Teteven ( bg, Тетевен, ) is a town on the banks of the Vit river, at the foot of Stara Planina mountain in north central Bulgaria. It is the administrative centre of the Teteven Municipality which is a part of Lovech Province. As of Decembe ...
References
External links
Official municipal websiteA walk around the region of Lukovit, rivers Panega and Iskar, cave Prohodna (Проходна)
Towns in Bulgaria
Populated places in Lovech Province
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