Panagyurishte is a town in Pazardzhik Province, Southern Bulgaria, situated in a small valley in the Sredna Gora mountains. It is 91 km east of Sofia, 43 km north of Pazardzhik. The town is the administrative center of the homonymous Panagyurishte Municipality. Panagyurishte is an important industrial and economic center, the hub of the Bulgarian optical industry and a major copper extraction and processing site. According to the 2021 census, it has a population of 15,275 inhabitants. Panagyurishte is a town of significant historical importance, being the center of the 1876 April Uprising against the Ottoman Empire. The renown Thracian Panagyurishte Treasure was found near the town.
View of Panagyurishte from the Apriltsi Memorial Complex.
Traditional architecture of Panagyurishte. Edifice of the Museum of History
A view of Panagyurishte
The factory of Opticoelectron
Pazardzhik Province is a province in Southern Bulgaria, named after its administrative and industrial centre - the city of Pazardzhik. The territory is 4,456.9 km2 (1,720.8 sq mi) that is divided into 12 municipalities with a total population of 275,548 inhabitants, as of February 2011.
Belmeken Dam
The medieval Church of St Demetrius in Patalenitsa
The village of Oborishte.
The chitalishte "Videlina" in Panagyurishte.
