Slivnitsa
Slivnitsa | |
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UTC+3 (EEST) | |
Postal Code | 2200 |
Area code | 0727 |
Slivnitsa (Bulgarian: Сливница [ˈslivnit͡sɐ]) is a town in western Bulgaria, 22 km away from Sofia, lying on the main road connecting the capital with the Bulgarian-Serbian border. Slivnitsa is part of Sofia Province and is close to the towns of Kostinbrod and Dragoman.
Called by historians the "battle of the captains vs the generals," referring to the young Bulgarian army, whose highest rank went up to a captain, the
Bulgarian Army over the Serbs between 17 and 19 November 1885. It solidified the unification between the Kingdom of Bulgaria and Eastern Rumelia
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A small mountain named
Danube River and Western Europe, have passed through these lands since Antiquity. An interesting sight is the memorial church, built to the southeast of the Gurgulyat
village.
Municipality
Slivnitsa is the seat of Slivnitsa municipality (part of Sofia Province), which also includes the following 12 villages:
External links
Slivnitsa's Community Website (in Bulgarian-Cyrillic) including the Football Team, Slivnishki Geroii (Сливнишки герой ) Сливнишки герой
Gallery
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Night sky
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Road to "Voinishka mahala"
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Military club
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Soldier's Memorial
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Church "Saints Cyril and Methodius"
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New memorial for anniversary from Serbo-Bulgarian War, road Е80, author Petko Moskov
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Captain's memorial
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Town center