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Kosovo, Plovdiv Province

Coordinates: 41°55′01″N 24°42′00″E / 41.917°N 24.700°E / 41.917; 24.700
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Kosovo
Косово
Image of the hillside village of Kosovo, taken from the neighboring hillside. A mixture of about 50 old and new houses, a few have partially collapsed. The hillside is heavily forested, the only visible road is narrow, and snakes gently through the valley below.
Kosovo is located in Bulgaria
Kosovo
Kosovo
Kosovo is in Plovdiv Province.
Coordinates: 41°55′01″N 24°42′00″E / 41.917°N 24.700°E / 41.917; 24.700
Country Bulgaria
OblastPlovdiv
OpštinaAsenovgrad
Government
 • Mayor (Municipality)Hristo Grudev (GERB)
Area
 • Total
28.449 km2 (10.984 sq mi)
Elevation
860 m (2,820 ft)
Population
 (2024)
 • Total
26
 • Density0.91/km2 (2.4/sq mi)
Area code03342
Vehicle registrationРВ


Kosovo is a village in Plovdiv Province, Bulgaria.

Geography

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Kosovo is located in Rhodope Mountains, in their central part, five kilometers away from a spa. It is surrounded with untouched nature, with four rivers flowing through it. It could be easily reached from cities of Asenovgrad (30 km), Pamporovo (36 km), Plovdiv (50 km) and Sofia (197 km).

History

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Kosovo was settled in the 17th century by settlers from Staro Selo near White Church Monastery [bg]. Its pinnacle was in the late 19th century, and houses from this age still remain today. In the 20th century the village went into decline.

Culture

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Kosovo has typical Rhodope architecture. It has 63 cultural monuments, of which five have national significance. Most known is the Church of Ascension from 1851. The village has its own ethnographic museum.

Miscellaneous

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The village has typical Rhodope kitchen.

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