Slatino, Kyustendil Province

Slatino Слатино
Village
Slatino Location of Slatino
Coordinates: 42°10′N 23°3′E
Country	Bulgaria
Province	Kyustendil Province
Municipality	Boboshevo
Area
• Total	12.273 km2 (4.739 sq mi)
Elevation	430 m (1,410 ft)
Population  (2013)
• Total	417
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal Code	2642

Slatino (Bulgarian: Слатино) is a village in Boboshevo Municipality, Kyustendil Province, south-western Bulgaria. As of 2013 it has 417 inhabitants. The villages is situated in the valley of the river Dzherman near the western foothills of the Rila mountain range.

The Slatino furnace model, an ancient ceramic artefact, was excavated at an archeological site near Slatino in the remains of a dwelling dated from the Eneolithic period (ca. 5000 BCE). In the Middle Ages the village was part of the Bulgarian Empire. In the 14th century Rila Charter of Emperor Ivan Shishman (r. 1371–1395) the surrounding lands were listed as a possession of the Rila Monastery.

Gallery

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  A view to Rila from Slatino
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  The church
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  A view of the village in 1984