General-Geshevo is a village in Southern Bulgaria. It is located in the municipality of Dzhebel, Kardzhali Region.

The village is located 16 km south-west of Dzhebel, 38 km in the same direction of Kardzhali, 17 km in the north-east of Zlatograd, about 16 km north-west of the village of Benkovski and about 278 km south-east of the capital Sofia city.

The population is about 207 people.

The village is situated in the Eastern Rhodopes, at an altitude of 587 m. The climate is transitive-Meditteranean with relatively mild winters and long and hot summers.

The village of General-Geshevo is well-developed, there are water- and electricity supply systems. The mobile operators have coverage. A new road connects it to the village of Ustren/6 km in the north-east/.

There is a mosque here. The nearest school is located in the village of Ustren. The nearest kindergarten is located in the village of Dobromirtsi /11 km in the south-east/. Community center, secondary school, as well as medical assistance you can find in the village of Benkovski as well as in the municipal town. General hospital you will find in Zlatograd.

TOURISM

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 aro  und 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.

The sites on the town of Zlatograd are also quite interesting for tourists:

• Ethnographic complex Zlatograd - a large open-air museum that shows how the city used to look like centuries ago. There are many buildings and objects that reveal and reflect the nature, geographical features and rich long history of Zlatograd;

• Delio Voyvoda's monument, built on the site where, according to the legend, the notorious Bulgarian rebel was shot dead;

• "Virgin Mary's Assumption" church,  built in 1834 on the ruins of another church (destroyed by the Turks around 1722) - one of the oldest churches in the Middle Rhodope Mountains. In the courtyard of the temple is preserved a unique schurch school.

Text:  http://www.kirkovo.bg, http://bg.guide-bulgaria.com
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