Targovishte properties for sale and rent

Targovishte is a region in Bulgaria with a population of over 46 000, and is located approximately 170 m above sea-level. The administrative center is the town of Targovishte. It is situated at the southern foot of the low mountain of Preslav on both banks of the Vrana River. It is 339 km north-east of Sofia, 41 km west of Shumen, 25 km north-west of Veliki Preslav, 24 km north-east of Omurtag, 100 km north-east of Veliko Tarnovo, 36 km south of Razgrad, and 35 km south-east of Popovo. The town and the whole region was a famous ancient market area. In the 18th and 19th centuries it became a famous marketplace for animals and craft products called Eski-Djumaia. Industrial development began after the Second World War. Factories producing car batteries and machines for the food industry were opened; later, furniture and textile industries developed. One of Bulgaria's largest wine production factories is located there. The town is a cultural center. In 2000, ruins of an ancient Roman town called Missionis were found near Targovishte. The human life was bubbling in these parts already in the Neolithic period. Remains of thracian settlements as well as the Old Roman ones where discovered in the vicinity of Targovishte. Also found were an early Byzantine settlement and a fortress dated back to V - VI cent. B.C. The favourable geographic location, the climatic and natural facts troughout centuries defined this region as a preferable living area which was densely populated also in the Middle Ages at the time of the 1 and 2nd Bulgarian Kingdoms. The old name of the settlement - Eski Djumaya - emerges for the first time in a 1573 Ottoman tax register. From XVII on, it became an administrative centre and the place where the most popular trade fair in the European part of the Ottoman Empire used do be held. It was here where the merchandises and cultures of Austria, Germany, England, Russia, the Near East and the Arabic world got in close touch. After its liberation from the Ottoman rule during the Russian - Turkish war /1877 - 1878/, cherishing its traditions, the town assumed European pattern of social and economic development.

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Brick built house with stunning mountain view near Veliko Tyrnov

150 sq.m. 4000 sq.m. € 14000

The rural Bulgarian house for sale has total living area of 150sq.m distributed on two floors and consists of: First floor: small entree, two rooms(living room and a kitchen) with a basement. External stone stairs leads to the second... more

House for sale in Bulgaria, near Targovishte DISCOUNT

140 sq.m. 1760 sq.m. € 8000

140sq.m is the living area of this Bulgarian house located in Tyrgovishte region. The house is located in a hilly place, 20km away from the town of Popovo, 65km away from Veliko Tyrnovo and 157km away from Varna sea where is and the... more