v. Kosovo

The village of Kosovo is situated in the central part of the Rhodope Mountains, about 5 km away from the Narechenski Bani spa resort. The village was founded in the 17th century, and reached its progress in the 19th century. The typical Bulgarian Revival architecture has been kept in the village of Kosovo. There are 63 cultural monuments in the village, 5 of them of national importance. Two of those buildings – the Assumption of Holy Mary Church (1851) and the Hadjiyska House (1853), were constructed by the famous Hadji Georgi Stanchovski, who had also built the most beautiful houses in Old Plovdiv. Other buildings of great interest are the old school (1889), the St. Peter and St. Nedelya chapels, the water mill, the forge, as well as most of the old houses in the village. The old rural houses are 150, 200 or more years of age. In 2004 a restoration of the most emblematic houses in the village of Kosovo started. Experts in reviving famous Rhodopean cultural monuments work in the Kosovo Houses complex. In 2005, the biggest and most beautiful house in the village was open for visitors. It was built in 1853 by the famous Hadji Georgi Stanchovski and it is a cultural monument.