Banya is a village in the Panagyurishte Municipality, Bulgaria. As of 2007 it has 856 inhabitants. The village is known throughout the region with its mineral baths and its spa resort. The ruins of an
Banya center with the Monument to the fighters for national liberation and the Culture club
The Municipality and the Post office
A view to the central square from the Culture club
The April Uprising was an insurrection organised by the Bulgarians in the Ottoman Empire from April to May 1876. The rebellion was suppressed by irregular Ottoman bashi-bazouk units that engaged in in
Rebel flag from Gorna Oryahovitsa. The text reads 'Свобода или смърть' (Freedom or Death).
Burning and sack of Batak in 1876
The Batak massacre (1889), painted by Antoni Piotrowski.