District Lovech

Lovech Region is situated in central northern Bulgaria. It is bounded by the regions of Pleven, Veliko Tarnovo, Gabrovo, Plovdiv, Sofia and Vratza. Its territory is a combination of plains and hills. Nature has been very generous to these lands where the Balkan Mountains and the Danubian Plain meet, the Vit, the Osam, the Vidima Rivers run together with their tributaries. There are 8 natural reserves and protected areas. The unique natural reserves of Steneto (one of the largest in Bulgaria), Boatin and Tzarichina, and the largest part of the Central Balkan National Park.

The region is rich in karst springs (Glavna Panega near village of Zlatna Panega is the second largest in the country) and remarkable caves: Devetashka Cave (one of the largest ones), Sueva Dupka, the caves in the vicinity of Karlukovo, Tabashka Cave and Vassil Levski Cave near Lovech.

In the region there are over 600 monuments of culture, many of them dating from the Middle Ages and the National Revival period – the Troyan and Glozhene Monasteries, the architectural historical reserve of Varosha, the famous Covered Bridge, designed by master Kolyu Ficheto. The oldest monuments of culture are from the Paleolithic Age discovered in Devetashka Cave and the Temnata Dupka Cave near Karlukovo. The Silver Lukovit Treasure is an outstanding work of the Thracian art. T

he spa springs in Shipkovo, Slivek, and Krushuna, as well as the mountain resorts of Teteven, Troyan, Apriltzi, the villages of Ribaritza, Oreshak, Cherni Osam and the locality of Beklemeto offer excellent conditions for balneological tourism and ecotourism.

2015-06-09 Moodies`s: The Bulgarian economy is to grow by 1.3% in 2015 and 1.8% in 2016 (General)

2015-06-02 Kalinel will invest BGN 6 million in a new production facility in Troyan (Business)

2015-06-01 Austrian Brick producer Wienerberger will invest BGN 1 million at its plant in Lukovit (Business)

2015-02-03 Lovech-based car manufacturer Litex Motors open showroom in Belgrade (Business)

2014-04-30 The largest shambles in the Balkan Peninsula will be built in Lovech (Business)

2012-10-18 State forest companies from different regions bought vehicles from Litex motors (Business)

2012-04-02 BG Manufacturer of artificial climbing walls launcha plant for 4 mln BGN in Letnitsa (Other)

2011-12-27 2 models of made near Lovech cars of Great Wall are approved by EU (Business)

2011-12-13 The Great Wall vehicles made in Lovech will be equipped with Bulgarian batteries, oil, car parts (Business)

2011-12-08 The state will finance partly the roads to the plants of Lovech-based Litex Motors and ski factory in Chepelare (Politics)

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