Pazardjik public holiday

Pazardjik was founded 5 centuries ago, in 1485. In 1934, the town was given the name of “Tatar Pazardjik” by the leader of the Tatars, who founded the town – Sultan Bayazid II. From a trade center, it gradually turned into an important economic and administrative center. One of the reasons for this was the fact that the road Istanbul – Sofia – Western Europe passed through the town. Many Bulgarians settled there and its ethnic image changed completely. It reached its zenith in XIX century. In 1865, the population of the town reached 25 000 people. Many churches were built in it in this period. The names of many important figures from the Bulgarian Revival are related to Pazardjik – bishop Dionisius Agatonikiiski, who established the first Bulgarian school in 1823 using his own funds, Hadji Tatyana – the first female teacher in the town. Vasil Levski’s first revolutionary committee was organized in There are over 150 cultural monuments in Pazardjik. Of all individual cultural monuments, 4 have the statute of architectural monuments of art of national importance: the church St. Virgin Mary, the house-museum Stanislav Dospevski, the house- museum Konstantin Velichkov, and the house of Nikolaki Hristovich. 14 km south from the town is located the place where Aleko Konstantinov died. 10 km easth from the town are the Besapara banks. Following archeological research, specialists found the major Thracian town of Besapara was once based in this place.