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2 unusual facts about Pirin


Pirinsko Pivo

Pirinsko is named after the nearby Pirin Mountains and is situated in Blagoevgrad, a city located 90 km south of the capital Sofia.

Stelios Iliadis

He made his debut with the team in 22 September in a 2-0 home victory against Pirin.


Kovachevtsi, Pernik Province

A notable native is Bulgarian Communist leader Georgi Dimitrov (1882–1949), whose parents were refugees from the Pirin region, which was left under Ottoman rule until the Balkan Wars.

Maleševo-Pirin dialect

The dialect group is named after the mountain ranges of Pirin in Bulgaria and Maleševo in Macedonia.

Patatnik

The dish is traditional for the entire Rhodopes and the nearby regions, from Bansko in Pirin through Smolyan and Zlatograd to as far east as Chernichevo.

Simitli

Geographical locations of note are the Komatinski Cliffs between Brestovo and Sushitsa, the Kresna Gorge of the Struma River, and the foothills of the Pirin Mountains at Senokos.

Tower houses in the Balkans

The tower in Teshovo in south Pirin, noted for its relatively sophisticated water conduit and sewage system, is also thought to date to the early Ottoman rule of Bulgaria and may well have been the residence of a local bey.


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