Ardino

Ardino

Ardino

Place in Kurdzhali, Bulgaria

Ardino (Bulgarian: Ардино, formerly Turkish: Eğridere) is a town in southern Bulgaria, in the Rhodope Mountains. It is located in Kardzhali Province and it is also close to Smolyan.

Quick Facts Ардино, Country ...
Main square in Ardino seen from the bridge.
Devil's bridge near Ardino.

It is famous for its textile industry. It has a machine-building factory and a tobacco manufacturing industry. Tourist attractions include the Belite Brezi, the Eagle rocks and the Dyavolski most (Devil's bridge). Under Ottoman rule, Ardino, then known in Turkish as Eğridere, was a kaza centre in the Sanjak of Gümülcine in the Adrianople Vilayet before the Balkan Wars.[1] Ardino received its name in 1934[2] and was declared as a town in 1960.[3] Ardino is the birthplace of Sabahattin Ali, Turkish novelist, poet and journalist.

Villages

Notable natives

  • Sabahattin Ali (1907–1948), Turkish novelist, short-story writer, poet, and journalist

References

  1. [1]
    http://alex.eled.duth.gr/Istoria/thrace_english/Thracee7_7.htm Archived 2010-10-12 at the Wayback Machine THRACE FROM THE CONGRESS OF BERLIN TILL THE BALKAN WARS (1878-1912)
  2. [2]
    http://www.visittobulgaria.com/visit/dir.asp?d=0-8-Ardino Ardino
  3. [3]
    http://ardino.blogspot.com/2008/02/blog-post_28.doc Ardino
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