Hrabrino () is a village in the

Rodopi Municipality Rodopi municipality () is situated in the Plovdiv Province, southern Bulgaria. the population is 33,111. It occupies parts of the Upper Thracian Plain to the south of Plovdiv and the northernmost slopes of the central Rhodope Mountains, Rhodopi ...

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in southern

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. According to a 2011 census, the village has a population of 661 people.

Geography

The village is situated in the

Rhodope Mountains The Rhodopes (; , ; , ''Rodopi''; ) are a mountain range in Southeastern Europe, and the largest by area in Bulgaria, with over 83% of its area in the southern part of the country and the remainder in Greece. Golyam Perelik is its highest peak ...

at 15 km to the south-west of Bulgaria's second largest city,

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. There are two large and expanding villa zones in the mountainous part of the village. There are two rivers flowing through the village, the main one being Parvenetska reka. Hrabrino is a starting point of tourist tracks leading to several refuges in the mountain.

History

Until 1934 the village was known as ''Sveti Spas'' and until 1960 its name was ''Sotir''.

Landmarks

There are a church and four chapels in Hrabrino. The Chapel of St Dimitar is situated in the highest point of the village near the monument to the partisans of the Rhodope region. At 5 km from the center at the direction to Brestovitsa is located the Chapel of St Spas after which the village was named until 1960. There are also two bridges dating from the

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rule.

Gallery

File:Sv Dimitar.jpg, The chapel of St Dimitar and the monument on the hill. File:Hebrosa.jpg File:Kraj Momina skala4.JPG, One of the numerous beautiful places around Hrabrino. File:Kraj Momina skala3.JPG File:Kraj Momina skala2.JPG, The Maiden's cliff /Momina skala in Bulgarian/ above the river, about 2 km away from Hrabrino, on the track to Hut Zdravets.

External links

Radio and television in Hrabrino

Notes

{{Rodopi Villages in Plovdiv Province