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Festival of Fertility

Festival of Fertility
    The Festival of Fertility marks the successful beginning of autumn in the town of Kyustendil and declares it again the orchard of Bulgaria. This autumn holiday of abundance stems from the First National Fruit-Growing Fair in 1896 and is the first and only festival…
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Do you know that:

  • in its architectural style “St. Martyr Mina” church is a reduced model of the church “St. Alexander Nevski” in Sofia.
  • Kyustendil was the last of the big Bulgarian towns to fall under Ottoman rule.
  • in Kyustendil there are about 40 hot springs with temperatures from 50 to 73