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Lyulin Mountain

is an interesting place for tourism.While it is much smaller than its popular neighbor, Vitosha, it offers interesting places and tourist attractions that can be surrounded and taken within one day.The mountain is quite diverse.The northern slope is covered by oak and beech forests in which there are made several hiking trails.They are marked for convenience of tourists. Southern slopes of the mountains are deforested.They are covered with grass and low bushes - briar and the like. It is also significantly poorer in water resources.There are several interesting options for hiking in the mountains.From the "Monastery meadows" can go to Bankya , Vladaya or peaks - and Dupevitsa Dobrinova scale.There is an opportunity for a short walk to Gorna Banya monastery "St. Cyril and Methodius" and such around the area around" Monastery meadows."In the ascent of Mount Dupevitsa opened other possibilities for tourism.From there you can continue west along the mountain ridge to Dobrinova rock and the road leading to the bank to descend a large meadow, which is visible from "Manastirski meadows." It is called Lyulinov hill.Known as the airport is due to its shape and the fact that the use of agricultural aviation at the time of socialism.

Surva Festival

The festival is organized by the Municipality of Pernik in 1966.Since 1985 he has international status. In 1995 the town of Pernik is accepted as a member of the Federation of European Carnival Cities. International Festival of Masquerade Games held annually in January.Organized as a two-day masquerade procession of groups from the country and abroad.Traditionally, it involved about 5000 people in over 90 masquerade groups from all ethnographic regions of Bulgaria and guests from Europe, Asia and Africa.Participants come in Pernik race emotion of mirth, for recognition that are involved.Viewers of Pernik and the whole country, the foreign guests came to share the magic of the game to see and touch the masks to feel renewed, to wish happiness and luck.With the support of New Bulgarian University and the Institute of Folklore at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, the Festival is held scientific conference dedicated to the mask and masking.It involved prominent Bulgarian folklorists, ethnologists, anthropologists, representatives of various universities and institutes.Pernik Festival is the first festival of masquerade games in Bulgaria.Decision to hold him was taken in 1965 and the first edition is January 16, 1966.

Regional History Museum of Pernik

In 1957 opened the first exhibition.Grew from 1959 in the District People's Museum and in 1968 to carry out administrative and structural changes and came to be called County Historical Museum. It has its general character with the following departments: "Archaeology" - two curators, "Ethnography" - a curator, "Bulgarian history XVI-XVIII centuries" (Revival) - a curator, "Modern and Contemporary History" - a curator, "Mining" - a curator, "PR" - a curator, "Funds" - two curators and two fondopaziteli.It has a lab and workshop for restoration, which employ two employees.There is an electrician, a construction engineer, purser, accountant, janitor.Total headcount is 18.5 positions (including Director).The budget ranges from 50 to 70 million in recent years (the amount referred to in old levs).Exposure to the Historical Museum was opened in 1973, renovated in 1978 visitors were about 11 thousand people annually.In recent years, to organize temporary exhibitions.The funds are stored 17,085 units and a major fund 37,833 units auxiliary fund - a total of 54,918 units.

Krakra Fortress

is situated in the southwestern town of Pernik on a small rocky plateau.The place was a fortress with high strategic importance. It is associated with the name of the chieftain Krakra who conducted independent military action against the Byzantine Empire.Prominent boyar and governor of the city at the time of the Bulgarian Tsar Samuil - as described in Byzantine chronicles of the time Krakra.They describe it more as a righteous and honest man who did not tolerate bribery and was always well prepared for military action.Krakra mastering another 35 castles in the area.In the late 10th and early 11th century, the center of hostilities between Bulgaria and Byzantium moved to the western Bulgarian lands and Sredets became the subject of several attacks by the army of Emperor Basil II , then became famous Pernik fortress.Fortress of Krakra is one of the biggest Bulgarian fortresses. Surrounded by city walls were about 50 acres.The actual length of fence was nearly 800 meters. Historians believe that the fortress was performed security functions before passage of the Crusaders from the Third Crusade ( the 1189th - the 1192nd ) in these lands.Then the castle was abandoned and was not used.

Duhlata Cave

is the name of the cave, located in the southwestern part of the Vitosha Mountain on the right bank of the river Struma, near the village Bosnek in Pernik, Pernik municipality.The entrance of the cave is on the road between Bosnek and Chuypetlovo.Duhlata is - the longest cave in Bulgaria (17 600 m) deep and 53 meters is a complex multi-storey labyrinth system located on 6 floors.Her name is associated with the sound that the wind emitted when passing through the cave entrance.Duhlata is one of the most complex cave systems in Bulgaria and was created by underground currents of the river Struma.It is a maze of tunnels, galleries, underground lakes, waterfalls and sinter formations. In the cave were found 22 species of cave animals, including 6 species of bats.The cave has a wide variety of cave formations.In 1962 was declared a landmark .

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