Charles XII of Sweden is known to have stayed overnight in the village in 1713 en route to Constantinople and Sophronius of Vratsa worked as a teacher in Karabunar in 1792–1793.
As Basil II's forces headed to seize Sredets, however, in 1004 they came up against Krakra's well-defended fortress of Pernik and the emperor was forced to return to Constantinople after sustaining heavy losses.
In the late autumn of 1186, the Byzantine army marched northwards through Sredets (Sofia).
Svetlina, Burgas Province, a village in the municipality of Sredets, in Burgas Province, in southeastern Bulgaria