October 29, 2008
The Bulgarian revolutionary centre Kalofer
Kalofer is a town in southern Bulgaria, between the Balkan Mountains to the north and the Sredna Gora to the south, part of Plovdiv district,located on both banks of the Tundzha.Nothing interesting for now,just an ordinary town,right?But this is one of Places to go in Bulgaria for it was a centre of revolutionary activity during the Bulgarian National Revival and is best known as the birthplace of the Bulgarian poet and revolutionary Hristo Botev,Exarch Joseph, Dimitar Panichkov and Nikola Ivanov.The modern settlement of Kalofer emerged in the 16th century, managing to preserve its Bulgarian character in the Ottoman Empire and to develop as a centre of craftsmanship, primarily cord production.It’s worthy visiting it.