Sinitovo (Bulgarian: Синитово) is a village in central Bulgaria.[1] It is located 5 km. east of Pazardzhik. As of 2022 the population was 1768. It is located at an altitude of 200 metres (660 ft) in a fertile agricultural region near the Maritsa river.[2] The main products grown in the area include wheat, maize, peppers, while the most widespread spread domestic animal is the sheep.
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The village is mentioned in Ottoman documents from 1576, 1607, 1696. There is a kindergarten, school, chitalishte and a church "Sv. Georgi" from 1884. Many Roman artifacts are found in the vicinity of the village, including marble statues and a bust of a Roman Emperor. There are ruins of Roman fortress erected by Justinian and the important Thracian settlement Bessapara, the Βεσούπαρον of Procopius.[3][4]
Honours
editSinitevo Gap in Graham Land, Antarctica is named after the village.
References
edit- ^ Saul Bernard Cohen (2008). The Columbia Gazetteer of the World: P to Z. Columbia University Press. p. 3590. ISBN 978-0-231-14554-1.
- ^ Revue archéologique (in French). Ernest Leroux. 1926. p. 140.
- ^ Български туристически страници КРАС. КРАС ПЛЮИС ООД. 2002.
... Bessapara – remains of a Thracian settlement and a Roman fortress – near the village of Sinitevo ...
- ^ Antiquité vivante. Vol. 46–47. Društvo za antički studii na SRM, Seminar na klasična filologija, Filosofski fakultet. 1997. p. 202.
... miles west of Philippopolis; along the Diagonal Route and 15 miles eastward, near the village of Sinitevo was the Roman road station (mansio) Bessapara – a name preserved or introduced by the Romans after their victory over the Bessi.