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The village of Drangovo

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Drangovo is a village in Southern Bulgaria. It is located in the municipality of Kirkovo, Kardzhali Region.

In Bulgaria there are two more villages with the same name - in the municipality of Petrich, Blagoevgrad Region and in the municipality of Brezovo, Plovdiv Region.

The village is located 23 km west of Kirkovo, 61 km south-east of Kardzhali, 46 km south-west of Momchilgrad and about 302 km south-east of the capital Sofia city. The village of Benkovski is situated only 9 km in the north.

It is situated in an area with hilly and foothill relief at an altitude of 400 meters. The climate is transitional-Mediterranean, winters are relatively mild and summers are long and hot. The River Drangovska - a tributary to Varbitsa River, passes near the village.

Here live about 1100 people.

Drangovo comprises several neghbourhoods - Balabanska, Dzhangelovska, Kolarska, Zimitsa and Saraganska. The village has a relatively good infrastructure, the main streets are paved and lighted, there are electricity and water supply systems. All mobile operators have coverage. Regular bus transport connects the village with the municipal center and the neighbouring villages.

There are a functioning town hall, primary school, community center with a folklore group and a kindergarten here. Besides, the village comprises a grocery store and a cafe. Medical care for the population is provided by two GPs and two dentists in the village of Benkovski. The nearest high school is located again there. The nearest polyclinic is located in the village of Kirkovo. General hospital you can find in the town of Momchilgrad.

 

LANDMARKS AND TOURISM

In the village of Drangovo you can see two bridges preserved from Roman times.

In the village of Kayloba /9 km in the north-west/ you can see a couple of parnars - evergreen oak, relict spieces with Meditteranean origins, included in Bulgaria's Red Book as the only representattive of the spieces in the region.

In the village of Benkovski you can see a few sites:

  • the renovated mosque in the center of the village where Muslims from all over the region gather to pray;
  • the venerable oak, over 200 years old, declared protected;
  • a Thracian rock tomb in Veslets heighbourhood - carved in a rocky massive, with a semicircular shape. Today, there is a hole in the dome and it is honoured by the local people as a squeeze. After passing through the bushes around the stone they tie threads around to leave the disease there;
  • a rocky area, where the elements have for centuries carved the huge stones in a variety of bizarre rock forms of animals and plants, the most interesting of which are "The Crocodile", "The Mushroom", "Lion's Head", etc.

On the left bank on Varbitsa River, near the village of Fotinovo /18 km in the north-east/ you can see six Thracian niches, ancient cuts, grooves and a rock tomb.There are also amazing rock formations resembling turtles that are carved in the rocks. According to the researchers thay were made by an ancient civilization that used to inhabit the Eastern Rhodopes.

In the village of Krilatitsa, 205 km in the south, you can visit a late ancient and medieval fortress in the Asara area, declared in 1996 to be an archaeological culture monument.

At 26 km in the north-east, in the village of Stareyshino, can be visited the Dome tomb "Punar Kaya" which means rock well in Turkish. The water that rises from the tomb is collected in two stone basin carved into the rock before it. The tomb is revered among local people as sacred, as there is a belief that the place and the water flowing from the tomb, have curative power.

Every year in May local people celebrate the village's fest.

Source:  http://www.kirkovo.bghttp://kardzhali.orghttp://bg.guide-bulgaria.com
Photos:  http://www.panoramio.com

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