Vukovo ( bg, Вуково) is a village in the

Boboshevo Municipality Boboshevo Municipality is a municipality in Kyustendil Province, Bulgaria. The administrative centre is Boboshevo Boboshevo ( bg, Бобошево ) is a town in Western Bulgaria. It is located in Kyustendil Province and is close to the towns of ...

Kyustendil Province Kyustendil Province ( bg, Област Кюстендил, trl ''Oblast Kyustendil'') is a province in southwestern Bulgaria, extending over an area of (constituting 2.7% of the total territory of the Republic of Bulgaria), and with a populat ...

, western

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. As of 2013 it has 58 inhabitants.

Geography

The village is located in western Bulgaria to the south-east of the city of

Kyustendil Kyustendil ( bg, Кюстендил ) is a town in the far west of Bulgaria, the capital of the Kyustendil Province, a former bishopric and present Latin Catholic titular see. The town is situated in the southern part of the Kyustendil Valley, ...

. It is situated in a mountainous region near the Struma River. The village is located at 5 km from the municipal center

Boboshevo Boboshevo ( bg, Бобошево ) is a town in Western Bulgaria. It is located in Kyustendil Province and is close to the towns of Kocherinovo and Rila. The town of Boboshevo is situated around to the south of Sofia and from Bulgaria's prime ...

, 25 km from the capital of the province Kyustendil, 61 km from the national capital

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and 22 km from the city of

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Population

*2007 - 82 *2008 - 73 *2013 - 58

History

There are no records for the establishment of the village but it is considered one of the oldest settlements in the municipality because of the discovered archaeological remains in the surroundings of Vukovo - an antique settlement, necropolis and a fortress from the

Late Antiquity Late antiquity is the time of transition from classical antiquity to the Middle Ages, generally spanning the 3rd–7th century in Europe and adjacent areas bordering the Mediterranean Basin. The popularization of this periodization in English ha ...

. After the democratic changes in 1989 the population sharply decreased as a result of migrationin, especially since the beginning of the 21st century. The perspectives for the villages are in the fields of agriculture (grapes, orchards), as well as rural, culture and church tourism.

Historic landmarks

* Fortress dated from the Late Antiquity. Located at 1,5 km to the south-west of the village in the ''Gradishteto'' locality on a height known as ''Chukata''. Around the height there are remains of the foundations of the fortress walls built of stone and plaster. The walls surround an area of 3 decares. *

Church of St Petka The Church of St Petka of the Saddlers ( bg, Църква „Света Петка Самарджийска“) is a medieval Bulgarian Orthodox church in Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria. It is a small one-naved building partially dug into the ...

. It is located in the eastern part of Vukovo. It is one nave and one apse church without narthex with wall piers which form a small arc on the western facade. Its dimensions are 8,10 x 4,34 m. The vault is semi-cylindrical. The semi-round apse has a small narrow window. It was built of stones and white plaster. The whole interior as well as the western external wall are painted. The frescoes in the church are relatively well preserved and are an important source for the development of the late medieval painting in Bulgaria and the

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. The church was constructed in the 16th century. The frescoes were painted in 1598 as seen from the inscription in the western side of the naos. It is an architectural and artistic monument of culture with national importance. * Church of St Nicholas. It is situated at 2 km to the south of the village in a deep and hardly accessed dingle. It is a small one nave and one apse church without narthex and with a shallow arc on the western facade. Its dimensions are 4,43 x 2,75 m. The vault is semi-cylindrical. It was built of stones and white plaster. The roof is covered with stone plates. The church is half-dig in the ground. The whole interior and the arc on the western facade are painted but only fragments of the frescoes have remained. The church was constructed and painted in the 16th century. It is a monument of culture.

Literature

* Дремсизова-Нелчинова, Цв. и Слокоска, Л. - Археологически паметници от Кюстендилски окръг, София, 1978 г., с.14. * Танев, Стоян - Невестино, 2004 г.

External links

Разстояния от село Вуково до други населени места в България

Паметници на културата в Община Бобошево

Църквата "Света Петка" - галерия № 1

Църквата "Света Петка" - галерия № 2

Църквата "Света Петка" - галерия № 3

Църквата "Свети Никола" - галерия № 1

Църквата "Свети Никола" - галерия № 2

Citations

{{Authority control Villages in Kyustendil Province