Makresh (, ) is a village in northwestern

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, part of

Vidin Province Vidin Province () is the northwesternmost province of Bulgaria. It borders Serbia to the west and Romania to the northeast, and its administrative centre is the city of Vidin on the Danube river. The area is divided into 11 municipalities. As ...

. It is the administrative centre of the homonymous Makresh Municipality, which lies in the western part of Vidin Province, close to the Bulgarian-

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n border. Makresh is situated 35 kilometres from the provincial capital

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, in the westernmost Danubian Plain, with the western reaches of the

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to its west.

Municipality

Makresh municipality has an area of 229 square kilometres includes the following 7 places: Makresh municipality is mainly agricultural, growing wheat, barley, corn and rye. Sights in the area include the Rabisha Lake and the Rakovitsa Monastery dating to the 10th-11th century with the Holy Trinity Church.

Honour

Makresh Rocks Makresh Rocks (, ‘Skali Makresh’ ska-'li 'ma-kresh) are a group of rocks situated northeast of Treklyano Island off the northeast coast of Robert Island, South Shetland Islands. Extending in west-southwest to east-northeast direction, and ...

off

Robert Island Robert Island or Mitchells Island or Polotsk Island or Roberts Island is an island An island or isle is a piece of land, distinct from a continent, completely surrounded by water. There are continental islands, which were formed by being ...

South Shetland Islands The South Shetland Islands are a group of List of Antarctic and subantarctic islands, Antarctic islands located in the Drake Passage with a total area of . They lie about north of the Antarctic Peninsula, and between southwest of the n ...

are named after Makresh.

External links

Makresh municipality page at the Vidin Province website
Villages in Vidin Province {{Vidin-geo-stub