Peshtera (Bulgarian: Пещера, pronounced [ˈpeʃtera]) is a town in southwestern Bulgaria, part of Pazardzhik Province, located in the Upper Thracian Lowlands at the foot of the Western Rhodopes. It takes its name from the many caves (peshtera is the Bulgarian word for 'cave') found in the vicinity. The town is the administrative centre of the homonymous Peshtera Municipality. As of December 2009, it has a population of 20,753 inhabitants.
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Peshtera (Bulgarian: Пещера, pronounced [ˈpeʃtera]) is a town in southwestern Bulgaria, part of Pazardzhik Province, located in the Upper Thracian Lowlands at the foot of the Western Rhodopes. It takes its name from the many caves (peshtera is the Bulgarian word for 'cave') found in the vicinity. The town is the administrative centre of the homonymous Peshtera Municipality. As of December 2009, it has a population of 20,753 inhabitants.
At a distance of around 5 km from the town of Peshtera (along the road to Batak) is one of the most popular caves in Bulgaria — Snezhanka. Nearby is the Peshtera HEP plant.
The town is also well-known for producing the alcohol beverage Mastika. The product is named after the town (Peshterska).
The first traces of human presence in the area date from the Neolithic. The Thracian tribe of the Bessi inhabited the area in Antiquity and the settlement in the Peshtera Valley emerged in the fourth century BC.
The earliest piece of writing documenting the town...
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