village
A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town (although the word is often used to describe both hamlets and smaller towns), with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to ...
in southern
Bulgaria
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, located in
Brezovo
Brezovo ( bg, Брезово ) is a town in Southern Bulgaria. It is located in Plovdiv oblast and is close to the town of Rakovski.
Populated places
The following towns and villages are located inside the territory of Brezovo municipality:
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Municipality,
Plovdiv Province
Plovdiv Province ( bg, Област Пловдив: ''Oblast Plovdiv'', former name Plovdiv okrug) is a province in central southern Bulgaria. It comprises 18 municipalities (общини, ''obshtini'', sing. общинa, ''obshtina'') on a ter ...
. The population of the village as of June 2020 is 88 people.
Geography
The village is located in a semi-mountainous area, on the southern slopes of Sarnena
Sredna Gora
Sredna Gora ( bg, Средна гора ) is a mountain range in central Bulgaria, situated south of and parallel to the Balkan Mountains and extending from the Iskar to the west and the elbow of Tundzha north of Yambol to the east. Sredna Gora i ...
mountain range. The surrounding hills are famous for being a good place for the cultivation of oil roses. There is a river that passes through the village it's called the Zlatoselska river, and is called after the name of the village.
In the upper part of the village, and later through its course it feeds the Dondukovo Dam, and flows into the
Maritsa river
Maritsa or Maritza ( bg, Марица ), also known as Meriç ( tr, Meriç ) and Evros ( ell, Έβρος ), is a river that runs through the Balkans in Southeast Europe. With a length of ,
Balkan Mountains
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. The height of the stone is more than 2.5 meters, and it has a width of over 3 meters. The dolmen structure is one of the largest
megalith
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The ...
structures found in Bulgaria. According to the scientists who worked on the project of dating, the stone structure dates far back to the
2nd century BC
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. The supposed idea behind the structure is a tomb for a royal family of Thracian origin or a local aristocratic blood line.
On one of the hills near the village, there is also a Thracian sanctuary elevated, which praises the Thracian
Sun God
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.
Villa area near Dondukovo dam
The villa area is located near the Dondukovo dam where tourists often visit to rest near the water. The conditions for fishing and rest during the summer are good near the dam.