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Granitsa Destination Guide

Touring Granitsa in Bulgaria

Granitsa in the region of Kyustendil is located in Bulgaria - some 43 mi or ( 69 km ) South-West of Sofia , the country's capital city .

Interactive map of Granitsa

Time in Granitsa is now 04:18 PM (Sunday) . The local timezone is named " Europe/Sofia " with a UTC offset of 2 hours. Depending on your budget, these more prominent places might be interesting for you: Timişoara, Bucharest, Zhilentsi, Vratsa, and Tursino. Being here already, consider visiting Timişoara . We collected some hobby film on the internet . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Check out our recommendations for Granitsa ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


Videos

Natalia tandem hanggliding 2010

3:28 min by dimfxaerial
Views: 2287 Rating: 5.00

Tandem flight Hang gliding. Girl flying with hang glider for fitst time. Place Koniavo, Bulgaria 2010 (by Dimitar Halachev) www.deltaclub.bg ..

A place where TV signals from Greece & Romania meets. 2/2

5:48 min by georgig
Views: 467 Rating: 5.00

Osogovo mountain, SW Bulgaria 42°10'42.65"N 22°37'19.22"E Altitude 1550m. Tropo conditions of the day: i065.radikal.ru 24 - BTV, Botev peak, Central Bulgaria/197km.(it's audio is PAL D/K) 24 - Mega, a ..


Rizaryua na belite lilii i Kyustendil 2 2

9:34 min by lybaka bl
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Stormy night

0:53 min by miroslavsuper
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4 December in Kustendil!!! ..


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Interesting facts about this location

Church of St George, Kyustendil

The Church of St George (Bulgarian: църква „Свети Георги“, tsarkva „Sveti Georgi“) is a medieval Eastern Orthodox church in the city of Kyustendil, which lies in southwestern Bulgaria and is the administrative capital of Kyustendil Province. The church is located in the Kolusha neighbourhood, which was historically separate from the city. The church was constructed in the 10th–11th century and its frescoes are somewhat later, as the earliest layers were painted in the 11th–12th century.

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Located at 42.27 22.68 (Lat./Long.); Less than 6 km away
Tags: 10th-century church buildings, 11th-century church buildings, Churches in Kyustendil Province, Kyustendil

Kyustendil

Kyustendil is a town in the far west of Bulgaria, the capital of Kyustendil Province. Kyustendil is situated in the southern part of the Kyustendil Valley, 90 km southwest of Sofia.

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Located at 42.28 22.68 (Lat./Long.); Less than 6 km away
Tags: Kyustendil, Populated places in Kyustendil Province, Spa towns in Bulgaria, Towns in Bulgaria

Nevestino, Kyustendil Province

Nevestino is a village in southwestern Bulgaria, part of Kyustendil Province. It is the administrative centre of Nevestino municipality, which lies in the central part of Kyustendil Province. The village lies 13 kilometres from the provincial capital of Kyustendil, on both banks of the Struma River and near the Kyustendil-Dupnitsa and Kyustendil-Boboshevo-Blagoevgrad roads.

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Located at 42.25 22.85 (Lat./Long.); Less than 9 km away
Tags: Villages in Kyustendil Province

Kadin most

The Kadin most or Nevestin most (Невестин мост, "Nevestino bridge") is a 15th-century stone arch bridge over the Struma River at Nevestino, Kyustendil Province, in southwestern Bulgaria. It was constructed in 1470 on the order of Isak Pasha during the reign of Ottoman sultan Mahmud I, as evidenced by the Ottoman Turkish stone inscription on one of the sides. The bridge has three arches, its longest span is 20 m.

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Located at 42.26 22.85 (Lat./Long.); Less than 9 km away
Tags: Bridges completed in 1470, Buildings and structures in Kyustendil Province, Deck arch bridges, Ottoman bridges in Bulgaria, Ottoman inscriptions, Stone bridges

1963 Skopje earthquake

The 1963 Skopje earthquake (Macedonian: Скопски земјотрес 1963, transliterated Skopski zemjotres 1963) was a 6.1 moment magnitude earthquake which occurred in Skopje, SR Macedonia then part of the SFR Yugoslavia, on July 26, 1963 which killed over 1,070 people, injured between 3,000 and 4,000 and left more than 200,000 people homeless. About 80 percent of the city was destroyed.

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Located at 42.16 22.66 (Lat./Long.); Less than 12 km away
Tags: 1963 earthquakes, 1963 in the Socialist Republic of Macedonia, Disasters in Macedonia, Earthquakes in Macedonia, Earthquakes in Yugoslavia, Socialist Republic of Macedonia