Pastra,_Bulgaria

Pastra, Bulgaria

Pastra, Bulgaria

Village in Kyustendil Province, Bulgaria

Pastra (Bulgarian: Пастра) is a small mountain village in the Rila Municipality of Kyustendil Province in south-western Bulgaria and as of 2013 has 151 inhabitants.[1] It lies at the western foothills of the Rila Mountains on the banks of the Rilska River just outside the borders of the Rila Monastery Nature Park. It is situated at 8 km east of the municipal centre Rila, 12 km west of the Rila Monastery and some 63 km south of the national capital Sofia.[1]

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In the Middle Ages the village was part of the Bulgarian Empire. Pastra was first mentioned in written records in the 14th century Rila Charter of Emperor Ivan Shishman (r. 1371–1395), where it was listed as a possession of the Rila Monastery.

It gives its name to the Pastra Glacier in the central part of Trinity Island in the Palmer Archipelago, Antarctica.[2]

Citations

  1. [1]
    "Doleni". Guide Bulgaria. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
  2. [2]
    SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica: Pastra Glacier.
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