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Merichleri ( ) is a small town located in the Dimitrovgrad Municipality of Haskovo Province, within South-central
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 ...
.Portal of Bulgaria—Merichleri
. accessed 6.1.2012
It is located near the Maritsa River, at in altitude. The population of the town was 2,011 residents as of 2006.


Features


Mineral springs

There are
mineral spring Mineral springs are naturally occurring springs that produces hard water, water that contains dissolved minerals. Salts, sulfur compounds, and gases are among the substances that can be dissolved in the spring water during its passage underg ...
s in the locale, of healing and spa importance since the ancient
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 ...
s. The mineral water is mainly characterized as moderately mineralized hyper-thermal, and was used in ancient Greek and Thracian natural medicine for treatment of diseases and poisoning. The contemporary natural medicine balneology resort facility is near the town center.


Land art sculpture

The artist Dan Tenev, created a huge
land art Land art, variously known as Earth art, environmental art, and Earthworks, is an art movement that emerged in the 1960s and 1970s, largely associated with Great Britain and the United StatesArt in the modern era: A guide to styles, schools, & mov ...
sculptural installation in Merichleri, title
Numerical Rows
It was completed in 2010.


See also

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Thracian Bulgarians Thracians or Thracian Bulgarians (Bulgarian: Тракийски българи or Тракийци) are a regional, ethnographic group of ethnic Bulgarians, inhabiting or native to Thrace. Today, the larger part of this population is concentrat ...
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References


External links


Official Tourism Portal of Bulgaria: Merichleri
— ''with slideshow & language options.'' Towns in Bulgaria Populated places in Haskovo Province Spa towns in Bulgaria Bulgarian art Land art {{Haskovo-geo-stub