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Rhodope Mountains
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Rhodope Mountains

Mountain range, Balkan Peninsula, southeastern Europe. Extending southeast from Bulgaria through Macedonia and Greece, the range is drained by tributaries of the Maritsa River. It forms an important climatic barrier, protecting the Aegean lowlands from cold northerly winds. The mountains were a refuge for Slavic peoples during the period of Turkish rule (15th–19th century), and ancient customs survive. The lakes, river valleys, and extensive forests form the basis of a tourist industry.



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The website also offers accommodation in three other cheaper hotels: one is in the mountain resort of Pamporovo in the Rhodope mountains, another is in Hissarya resort town in central Bulgaria and the third is in Slanchev Bryag Black Sea resort.
Observations on Ottoman sources reveal that formation of these two groups of Muslim converts in the rural areas of the Central and Western Rhodope Mountain and in Northeast Bulgaria took place in the late seventeenth century and the first two-three decades of the eighteenth century.
Bansko is nestled between the Pirin, Rila and Rhodope Mountain ranges and is a world register of natural heritage.
 
 
 
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