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Merichleri ( ) is a small town located in the Dimitrovgrad Municipality of
. accessed 6.1.2012 It is located near the Maritsa River, at in altitude. The population of the town was 2,011 residents as of 2006.
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It was completed in 2010.
Official Tourism Portal of Bulgaria: Merichleri
— ''with slideshow & language options.'' Towns in Bulgaria Populated places in Haskovo Province Spa towns in Bulgaria Bulgarian art Land art {{Haskovo-geo-stub
Merichleri ( ) is a small town located in the Dimitrovgrad Municipality of Haskovo Province
Haskovo Province ( bg, Област Хасково - ''Oblast Haskovo'', former name ''Haskovo okrug'') is a province in southern Bulgaria, neighbouring Greece and Turkey to the southeast, comprising parts of the Thracian valley along the river ...
, within South-central Bulgaria
Bulgaria (; bg, България, Bǎlgariya), officially the Republic of Bulgaria,, ) is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the eastern flank of the Balkans, and is bordered by Romania to the north, Serbia and North Macedo ...
.Portal of Bulgaria—Merichleri. accessed 6.1.2012 It is located near the Maritsa River, at in altitude. The population of the town was 2,011 residents as of 2006.
Features
Mineral springs
There aremineral spring
Mineral springs are naturally occurring springs that produces hard water, water that contains dissolved minerals. Salts, sulfur compounds, and gases are among the substances that can be dissolved in the spring water during its passage un ...
s in the locale, of healing and spa importance since the ancient Thracian
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s. The mineral water is mainly characterized as moderately mineralized hyper-thermal, and was used in ancient Greek and Thracian natural medicine
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for treatment of diseases and poisoning. The contemporary natural medicine balneology
Balneotherapy ( la, balneum "bath") is a method of treating diseases by bathing, a traditional medicine technique usually practiced at spas. Since ancient times, humans have used hot springs, public baths and thermal medicine for therapeutic ef ...
resort facility is near the town center.
Land art sculpture
The artist Dan Tenev, created a hugeland art
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sculptural installation in Merichleri, titleNumerical Rows
It was completed in 2010.
See also
* Thracian Bulgarians *The Destruction of Thracian Bulgarians in 1913
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References
External links
Official Tourism Portal of Bulgaria: Merichleri
— ''with slideshow & language options.'' Towns in Bulgaria Populated places in Haskovo Province Spa towns in Bulgaria Bulgarian art Land art {{Haskovo-geo-stub