sopot, bulgaria

The town of Sopot (12 119 inhabitants, 520 metres above sea level) is situated in the fertile sub-Balkan mountain valley of Karlovo (which is the western part of the legendary Valley of the Roses), immediately under the steep southern slopes of the Troyan Balkan Mountain (Central Stara Planina). It is situated at the distance of 5 km west of Karlovo, 136 km east of Sofia, 63 km north of Plovdiv and 61 km south of Troyan. It is the birth place of the Patriarch of Bulgarian literature Ivan Vazov. Sopot is also a machine-building centre.

History

There is information about the settlement dating back to the Ottoman Rule. During the Revival Period it was called Altun Sopot (Golden Sopot), because of its flourishing development in the crafts and trade. The citizens of Sopot manufactured aba (coarse homespun woollen cloth and upper men’s garment made of it), braids, fur and leather of high quality and traded them predominantly round the Ottoman Empire. During the struggle for liberation in 1877 the town was destroyed by fire and its population was slaughtered or expelled. The town was named Vazovgrad between 1950 and 1965 after which it obtained its present name again.

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