Primorsko

Primorsko ( Bulgarian Приморско ) is a city and administrative center of a municipality of the same name in South-East Bulgaria, Oblast Burgas. It has a small harbor and is known for tourism. Primorsko (translated: lying on the sea) is about 50 km from Bourgas.

Geography

The city is located in the eastern part of the historical landscape Thrace on a small rocky peninsula between the bays Stomopolo and Djavolski Saliv. It has developed at the mouth of the river Djawolska on the Black Sea at the foothills of the beach Saddle Mountains. Primorsko ( German: By the sea ) is a seaside resort with particularly good climate because here the moderate continental and subtropical climate zone meet. It is located about 25 km south of Sozopol and 52 km south of Burgas.

Community structure

In addition to the towns of Primorsko and Kiten Primorsko municipality to ( Bulg Община Приморско ) are still the villages Wesselie, Novo Panitscharewo, Pismenowo, Jasna Polyana. The municipality is bordered to the east by the Black Sea, to the west and north by the municipality of Sozopol and on the south by the municipalities of Malko Tarnovo and Tsarevo. The entire municipality comprises 6,714 inhabitants.

The community was founded by the will of the people of Primorsko, Pismenowo, Jasna Polyana and Novo Panitscharewo after a referendum in 1997. Through subsequent referenda, the Locations kiting (2001) and Weselie joined (2004) the municipality to.

History

The first evidence of settlement in the region come from the Thracians from the 13th - 14th Century BC In the area, typical Thracian dolmens were discovered during excavations. Even from the time of the Thracians come the remains of the sanctuary Beglik Tashkent and the citadel on the mountain Ranuli Kitka, on the right bank of the Ropotamo River. Historians believe that the region was incorporated into this time either in the Greek city-state Apollonia pontica or Thracian Odrysenreich. Around the first century BC, the region was conquered by the Romans.

Primorsko was initially a nondescript village and was called in the time of the Turkish occupation sealed Enger. The comprehensive settlement of the town was made until 1879, when Bulgarian refugees from Thrace settled near the Bulgarian border and the village Kjuprija founded ( Bulg Кюприя ). The small village was incorporated during the Balkan Wars (1912-1913) in the Bulgarian state. In the following years, further Thracian Bulgarians settled here. In 1934 it was renamed in Primorsko. 1939, the port was opened. Since 1962 Primorsko is a national resort and since 1981 a city.

As a major economic factor is tourism has for the region. In the 1970s and 1980s, were built over 80 operational vacation homes along the beautiful sandy beach and in the immediate vicinity. The majority of them were privatized in the 1990s and 2000s and are now private hotels. In addition, Primorsko has become a center for international youth tourism, there are summer camps of students and a large campsite. A largely preserved forest area with old book stock at the foot of the mountain also offers good hiking opportunities.

Attractions

  • Rest of the ancient city Ranuli
  • Fortress Maslen nos
  • Cape Maslen nos
  • Beglik Tashkent
  • Island Sveti Toma
  • Nature reserve Alepu
  • Nature reserve Arkutino
  • Conservation complex Ropotamo
  • Residence Perla
  • Nature Park beach Saddle
  • Sweta Paraskeva Chapel at same Cape
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