http://debianws.lexgopc.com/wiki143/api.php?action=feedcontributions&feedformat=atom&user=85.97.53.99wiki143 - User contributions [en]2026-05-15T09:40:30ZUser contributionsMediaWiki 1.43.1http://debianws.lexgopc.com/wiki143/index.php?title=Ivaylovgrad&diff=3366579Ivaylovgrad2024-11-25T18:24:59Z<p>85.97.53.99: Adding the Turkish name of the town</p>
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| official_name = Ivaylovgrad<br />
| subdivision_type = [[Countries of the world|Country]]<br />
| subdivision_name = [[Bulgaria]]<br />
| subdivision_type1 = [[Provinces of Bulgaria|Provinces]]<br><small>(Oblast)</small><br />
| timezone = [[Eastern European Time|EET]]<br />
| utc_offset = +2<br />
| timezone_DST = [[Eastern European Summer Time|EEST]]<br />
| utc_offset_DST = +3<br />
| map_caption = Location of Ivaylovgrad<br />
| image_shield =<br />
| pushpin_map = Bulgaria <!-- the name of a location map as per http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Location_map --><br />
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location of Ivaylovgrad<br />
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| leader_title = Mayor<br />
| postal_code_type = Postal Code|<br />
| subdivision_name1 = [[Haskovo Province|Haskovo]]<br />
| population_total = 3,132<br />
| population_footnotes = .<ref name="statistika">{{in lang|en}} [http://www.nsi.bg/otrasalen.php?otr=53&a1=1583&a2=1584&a3=1588#cont Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - towns in 2009] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101113165731/http://www.nsi.bg/otrasalen.php?otr=53&a1=1583&a2=1584&a3=1588 |date=2010-11-13 }}</ref> <br />
| population_as_of = 2022-09-15<br />
| elevation_m = 104<br />
| postal_code = 6570<br />
| area_code = 03661<br />
| coordinates = {{coord|41|32|N|26|8|E|region:BG|display=inline,title}}<br />
| leader_name = Diqna Ovcharova|<br />
| image_skyline =<br />
| image_caption = Museum in Ivaylovgrad<br />
}}<br />
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'''Ivaylovgrad''' ({{langx|bg|Ивайловград}}, "city of [[Ivaylo of Bulgaria|Ivaylo]]", {{Langx|el|Ορτάκιοϊ}}, [[Turkish language|Turkish]] :Ortaköy, "Middle Village") is a town in [[Haskovo Province]] in the south of [[Bulgaria]] set near the river [[Arda (Maritsa)|Arda]] in the easternmost part of the [[Rhodope Mountains]], and is the administrative centre of the homonymous [[Ivaylovgrad Municipality]]. The border with [[Evros (regional unit)|Evros]], Greece is around two miles from the town centre.<br />
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== History ==<br />
[[Byzantine Empire|Byzantine]] eparchial lists from the time of the 9th-10th century mention a bishop's centre by the name of Lyutitsa on the site of present-day Ivaylovgrad. According to [[John VI Kantakouzenos]] (1347–1354), his infantry reached the fortress in 1342–1343. The settlement was destroyed by the [[Ottoman Turks]] during their invasion of the [[Balkans]] in the 14th-15th century.<br />
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Information about the town during the [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman]] rule of Bulgaria is scarce, but it was the centre of a ''[[qadaa|kaza]]'' under the name of ''Ortaköy'' in [[Edirne Province, Ottoman Empire|Edirne Province]]. Much of the Bulgarian population moved from the region due to organized robberies and internecine wars in the empire.<br />
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Despite the [[Liberation of Bulgaria]] in 1878 and the [[Unification of Bulgaria|Unification]] in 1886, the town remained a part of the Ottoman Empire until the [[Balkan Wars]] in 1912–1913 and suffered greatly from [[bashi-bazouk]] attacks.<br />
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== Landmarks ==<br />
Landmarks in Ivaylovgrad and the surrounding area include the [[Ivaylovgrad Reservoir]], the 2nd-3rd century [[Roman Empire|Roman]] [[Villa Armira]], the medieval Byzantine and Bulgarian fortress [[Lyutitsa]], the 16th-century bridge ''Aterenski'', as well as a number of ancient [[Thracians|Thracian]] sites, and 19th-century churches.<br />
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== Notable people ==<br />
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* [[Angelos Pimenidis]] (1904–1968), Greek popular figure and historian<ref>{{Cite web|title=alex.eled.duth.gr|url=http://alex.eled.duth.gr/Politeia/text/ekdilosis/2004/dimotiko/omilia1.htm|archive-url=https://archive.today/20040205015743/http://alex.eled.duth.gr/Politeia/text/ekdilosis/2004/dimotiko/omilia1.htm|archive-date=February 5, 2004|url-status=dead}}</ref><br />
* [[Ivajlo Balabanov]] (1945–2021), poet<br />
* [[Georgi Georgiev actor|Georgi Georgiev]] (born 1924), actor<br />
* [[Petia (singer)|Petia]] (born 1978), singer<br />
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[[File:Ivaylovgrad Reservoir.jpg|thumb|250px|Ivaylovgrad Reservoir during the [[2007 Bulgarian heat wave]]]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [http://www.ivaylovgrad.bg/ Ivaylovgrad municipality website]<br />
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20060511164113/http://www.ivaylovgrad.info/ Ivaylovgrad Info]<br />
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{{Haskovo Province}}<br />
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[[Category:Towns in Bulgaria]]<br />
[[Category:Cities and towns in the Rhodopes]]<br />
[[Category:Populated places in Haskovo Province]]<br />
[[Category:Bulgaria–Greece border crossings]]<br />
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