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Stara Zagora - An important crossroads

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Stara Zagora is situated in southern Bulgaria, surrounded by the vast fields of the Upper Thracian Lowland and parts of the Sarnena Sredna Gora Mountains. It is one of the biggest towns in the country, with a population of 150,000 inhabitants.
It serves as a central connection of the Bulgarian railway network, and an important crossroads between the East and the West, the North and the South.


City of straight streets, lime trees and poets. The town is commonly known as the “town of lime-trees and poets”. It is the birthplace of the writers Georgi Bakalov, Kiril Hristov, Dimitar Podvarzachov, Nikolai Liliev, Veselin Hanchev, the famous opera singer Hristina Morfova, the painters Anton and Georgi Mitovi, Vasil Kostakiev, Mario Zekov, Atanas Mihov and Dimitar Gudjenov.The famous poet Geo Milev lived and worked in Stara Zagora as well.




An 8,000 year old town. The town was founded in the 6th millennium BC. Its long existence was marked with many names - Beroe, Augusta Trayana, Vereya, Irinopolis, Borouy, Eski Zagra, Zheleznik, Stara Zagora, and also with many variants of those names. The first name Beroe is interpreted as "a market town", which was then inhabited by the Thracian tribe Pirogers. The town was reconstructed and fortified during Roman rule. It was renamed to Augusta Trayana after Emperor Trajanus. It was mentioned under that name in Greek and Roman inscriptions, and also on local bronze coins.




A settlement of the Neolithic age. Remains of two houses from a settlement of the Neolithic age, dating from the 6th millennium BC, in Stara Zagora are considered the best preserved from this early time uncovered to date on the European continent.