Zemen

Zemen Town

The town of Zemen is situated in Pernik District and is the administrative center of Zemen Municipality. It is located on the two banks of Struma River in a small valley, which leads to the Zemen...

Peshtera Village

The mountain village Peshtera is located in the region of the town of Zemen, 50 km away from the district town Pernik. Nowadays, its permanent inhabitants are around 150 people, but they become more...

Elovdol Village

Elov dol village is located in the outskirts of the Ruysko-Verilska Mountain. It is part of the Zemen municipality. One of its inhabitants, born in the distant 1882, has left his memories about the...

Divlya Village

Divlya is 14 km northwest from the town of Zemen. In it Vladimir Dimitrov – the Master, a great Bulgarian painter, re-created the beauty of Divlya’s maidens on his canvases. In Gencho Keremidchiev’s...

Gorna Vrabcha Village

The village of Gorna Vrabcha is in Zemen Municipality. It is situated in a mountain region and today its permanent inhabitants are about 50. In the community’s local memory are preserved some...

Gabrov Dol Village

Gabrov dol is in the outskirts of Cherna Gora Mountain, 28 km to the west of Pernik. Each of its inhabitants speaks of the Surova feast with love. Especially inspired is the story of one of the old...

Berende Village

The beautiful Berende village in the Zemen municipality is situated in the foot of Tsarna gora Mountain, beneath the Tumba peak. Today, there are already only about 20 people permanently living there...