Rogozen ( ) is a
village
A village is a human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand. Although villages are often located in rural areas, the term urban v ...
in Northwestern
Bulgaria
Bulgaria, officially the Republic of Bulgaria, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the eastern portion of the Balkans directly south of the Danube river and west of the Black Sea. Bulgaria is bordered by Greece and Turkey t ...
.
It is located in
Hayredin Municipality
Hayredin (, ; also transliterated ''Hajredin'' or ''Hairedin'') is a village in northwestern Bulgaria, part of Vratsa Province. It is the administrative centre of Hayredin Municipality, which lies in the northwestern part of Vratsa Province. The ...
,
Vratsa Province
Vratsa Province ( ''Oblast Vraca'', former name Vraca okrug) is a Bulgarian province located in the northwestern part of the country, between Danube river in the north and Stara Planina mountain in the south. It is named after its main town: ...
.
Rogozen is famous for its
Rogozen treasure
The Rogozen Treasure (), called the find of the century, is a Thracian treasure.
Discovery
It was discovered by chance in the autumn of 1985 by tractor driver Ivan Dimitrov, digging a hole for an irrigation system in his garden in the Bulgar ...
.
Notabilities
Jordan Ganchovski
Jordan Ganchovski is a Bulgarian writer, poet, literary critic and playwright. He owns the American publishing house The World Publishing in Illinois. His literary-critical research focuses on avant-garde literature as well as social anthropology ...
, a now US-based
Bulgaria
Bulgaria, officially the Republic of Bulgaria, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the eastern portion of the Balkans directly south of the Danube river and west of the Black Sea. Bulgaria is bordered by Greece and Turkey t ...
n writer, poet, literary critic and playwright, was born in Rogozen.
See also
*
List of villages in Vratsa Province
This is a list of villages in Vratsa Province, Bulgaria.
* Banitsa
* Bardarski Geran
* Borovan
* Chelopek
* Chiren
* Dolna Kremena
* Dobrolevo
* Eliseyna
* Galatin
* Gradeshnitsa
* Hayredin
* Kriva Bara
* Mihaylovo
* Ochindol
* Rogozen
* Ruska ...
*
Rogosin
References
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Villages in Vratsa Province