The reason for this is hidden in the high qualities of the Bulgarian
Kazanluk rose ("Kazanlashka roza"), a special type, that was cultivated in the region after many years of development.
In his short time here he has already visited Varna several times as well as Plovdiv, Pleven, Stara Zagora, Nova Zagora, Sozopol, Bansko, Nessebur, Veliko Turnovo,
Kazanluk, the valley of Thracian kings and Koprivshtitsa as well as the monasteries of Rila, Bachkovo and Troyan.
The production technique originated in Persia then spread through Arabia and India, but nowadays about 70 per cent to 80 per cent of production is in the Rose Valley near
Kazanluk in Bulgaria, with some production in Qamsar in Iran and Germany.
The first Baptist church established within the territory of present-day Bulgaria was in the town of
Kazanluk in central Bulgaria.
In late July 2006, a swastika was drawn on the wall of the mosque in
Kazanluk; police identified the perpetrators as five teenagers who were part of a group of soccer fans spraying graffiti on buildings, apparently without political or ethnic motives.
Exhibition by the artists of
Kazanluk '85 group - Opens July 7, until July 19
It is a considerable expansion of interest for someone to whom books and articles on somewhat more conventional (for the Bulgaria of the times) topics are credited: Thracian tomb murals at
Kazanluk, the Four Gospels of Tsar Ivan Assen, relations between Britain and the Ottoman Empire.
On January 10, Bulgaria's veterinary authorities banned the trade in meat and milk in seven regions because of the foot-and-mouth outbreak, and blocked the movement of animals and animal products from the regions of Bourgas, Varna, Shoumen, Sliven, Yambol, Haskovo and
Kazanluk.