North-Central Bulgaria
Distance to capital city: 141.66 km from Sofia
Latitude: 43.533N
Longitude: 24.617E
Altitude: 50 - 99m above sea level
Province: Pleven District
Municipality: Dolna Mitropolia Municipality
Area size: 35.042km2
Population: 807 inhabitants (to 01/01/2007)
Post code (ZIP): 5847
Phone code: 06518 from Bulgaria, 003596518 from outside

The Municipality

Dolna Mitropolia Municipality is situated in Central Northern Bulgaria in Pleven District. It consists of 2 towns and 14 villages. The regional center of Dolna Mitropolia municipality is town of Dolna Mitropolia. The Municipality encompasses parts of the valleys of the Danube, Iskar and Vit Rivers and the hilly heights between them. It borders the following municipalities: Pleven and Goulyantsi to the east, Knezha and Oryahovo to the west, Pleven and Dolni Dabnik to the south. It borders the Danube to the north.

Vit River

The relief is flat; the average altitude above sea level is 50-75 meters. The soils are varied and are a primary natural resource of the Municipality. The hydro-geology network on the territory of the Municipality includes the rivers Iskar, Vit, Gostilska and Valchovets Dam Lake, as well as other smaller micro-dam lakes and water reservoirs. Their water is used for irrigation, fishing and quarrying of aggregates.

In the Souhia Geran locality, and to the southeast of Bozhouritsa village parts of a Roman road have been found; the road is assumed to have been the connection from Escus to Philipopolis and to the Carpathians towards the White Sea passing though Ad Tupea (today`s Riben) and Storgozia (today`s Pleven)

The District

Pleven Region encompasses the central part of the Danube Plain and a section of the fore-Balkan Mountains. It is bounded by the regions of Vratza, Lovech and Veliko Tarnovo and north by the Danube River.

Pleven Region is a well-developed agricultural region. There are deposits of natural oil and gas near the town of Dolni Dubnik and the village of Gigen. The most important water resources in the region are the Danube River and its tributaries, the Iskar, the Vit and the Osam rivers. The region provides excellent conditions for ecotourism and balneology.

There are more than 450 archaeological and cultural sites, approximately 215 memorials of the Russian-Turkish Liberation War of 1877-1878. Life in the region can be traced for several millennia back into the past: remains from the Palaeolithic Age near the village of Muselievo; remains from the Chalcolythic Age near the villages of Telish and Todorovo, in the forest preserve Kailaka; etc.

The largest Thracian treasure dated back to the 16-12th centuries BC was discovered in 1925, in the vicinity of the village of Vulchitrun. It consists of 13 vessels of solid gold and weights a total of 12.45 kg.

A copy of the artefacts can be seen in the History Museum in Pleven, the original artefacts are kept at the National Archaeological Museum in Sofia.

The Romans constructed roads, roadside transit stations and fortresses throughout the region; the ruins of the ancient Roman fortress of Ulpia Escus can be visited near Gigen. Tsar Shishman?s Fortress in Nikopol reminds of no less turbulent period of the Middle Age.

Property with lots of potential!

The property is:

- 8 miles from the Municipality center - the town of Dolna Mitropolia;

- 14 miles from the city of Pleven;

- 36 miles from the town of Lovech;

- 32 miles from the village of Obnova;

- 25 miles from the town of Nikopol and the border with Romania;

- 57 miles from the town of Svishtov;

-78 miles from the nearest Ski resort;

-90 miles from Veliko Tarnovo;

- 106 miles from Sofia - the capital of Bulgaria;

- 104 miles from Ruse City and the border with Romania;

- 202 miles from Varna Airport and the seacoast.

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