Montana, Bulgaria
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Elite High Scools
- Foreign Language HS "Petar Bogdan". Emphasis on English and German language proficiency. Recognized and praised for its scholars' academic accomplishments worldwide. http://gpchemont.com/sitegpche/
- Math and Science HS "St. Kliment Ohridski". Enhanced studies in math, biology, geography and foreign languages. Excellent development of talents and outstanding student performance. http://www.pmgmontana.com/pmgsite/
Entertainment
- Drama Theater "Dragomit Asenov" located at 1 Zheravitza Sq, Montana, BG 3400
- Piano Bar "Retro" located at 59 Third Blvd, Montana, BG 3400
- Night Club "Black Label" located in the heart of downtown
- Outdoor Swimming Pool & Bar "Augusta" sitting atop a hill by lake "Ogosta"
Lodging
- Hotel "Ring" Newly build by international standards. Offers panoramic view of the city and its surroundings along with passionate customer service. http://www.ring-hotel.com/en/
Roman times
The region around Montana became part of the Roman provinceRoman province
In Ancient Rome, a province was the basic, and, until the Tetrarchy , largest territorial and administrative unit of the empire's territorial possessions outside of Italy...
of Upper Moesia
Moesia
Moesia was an ancient region and later Roman province situated in the Balkans, along the south bank of the Danube River. It included territories of modern-day Southern Serbia , Northern Republic of Macedonia, Northern Bulgaria, Romanian Dobrudja, Southern Moldova, and Budjak .-History:In ancient...
in 29 BC. Around 160, the military camp that was most likely founded on the remains of an older Thracian
Thracians
The ancient Thracians were a group of Indo-European tribes inhabiting areas including Thrace in Southeastern Europe. They spoke the Thracian language – a scarcely attested branch of the Indo-European language family...
settlement, acquired city rights under the name of Municipio Montanensium.The oldest part of town is the neighborhood at the foot of Montana mountain (hill). The city developed and urbanized after a Roman model and became the second most important settlement in the province after Raciaria (modern-day Archar). A fortress was built on top of the hill over Montana, as well as public and residential buildings, temples, baths and theatres. Montana became a typical imperial settlement, where the local romanized population coexisted along Italic
Ancient Italic peoples
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and Anatolia
Anatolia
Anatolia is a geographic and historical term denoting the westernmost protrusion of Asia, comprising the majority of the Republic of Turkey...
n settlers. The base of the town's economy were the big landowners of Italic origin and their villas and mansions, where the locals served to obtain agricultural production and gold from Ogosta's river valley. A stratum of Greek settlers, who engaged in craftsmanship and money-landing existed in the town during the period. The patrons of Montana in the spirit of Hellenism
Hellenization
Hellenization is a term used to describe the spread of ancient Greek culture, and, to a lesser extent, language. It is mainly used to describe the spread of Hellenistic civilization during the Hellenistic period following the campaigns of Alexander the Great of Macedon...
were Diana
Diana (mythology)
In Roman mythology, Diana was the goddess of the hunt and moon and birthing, being associated with wild animals and woodland, and having the power to talk to and control animals. She was equated with the Greek goddess Artemis, though she had an independent origin in Italy...
and Apollo
Apollo
Apollo is one of the most important and complex of the Olympian deities in Greek and Roman mythology...
.
Middle Ages
Between 440 and 490, the northwest of modern Bulgaria was devastated by the raids of the HunsHuns
The Huns were a group of nomadic people who, appearing from east of the Volga River, migrated into Europe c. AD 370 and established the vast Hunnic Empire there. Since de Guignes linked them with the Xiongnu, who had been northern neighbours of China 300 years prior to the emergence of the Huns,...
under Attila
Attila the Hun
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and the Goths
Goths
The Goths were an East Germanic tribe of Scandinavian origin whose two branches, the Visigoths and the Ostrogoths, played an important role in the fall of the Roman Empire and the emergence of Medieval Europe....
. Slavs and Avars
Eurasian Avars
The Eurasian Avars or Ancient Avars were a highly organized nomadic confederacy of mixed origins. They were ruled by a khagan, who was surrounded by a tight-knit entourage of nomad warriors, an organization characteristic of Turko-Mongol groups...
delivered the final strike on the Greco-Roman culture in the region, and the Slavs that settled in the area called the town Kutlovitsa. During the time of the First
First Bulgarian Empire
The First Bulgarian Empire was a medieval Bulgarian state founded in the north-eastern Balkans in c. 680 by the Bulgars, uniting with seven South Slavic tribes...
and Second Bulgarian Empire
Second Bulgarian Empire
The Second Bulgarian Empire was a medieval Bulgarian state which existed between 1185 and 1396 . A successor of the First Bulgarian Empire, it reached the peak of its power under Kaloyan and Ivan Asen II before gradually being conquered by the Ottomans in the late 14th-early 15th century...
s, the settlement recovered and became the centre of an eparchy
Eparchy
Eparchy is an anglicized Greek word , authentically Latinized as eparchia and loosely translating as 'rule over something,' like province, prefecture, or territory, to have the jurisdiction over, it has specific meanings both in politics, history and in the hierarchy of the Eastern Christian...
.
Ottoman rule
After Kutlovitsa was seized by the Ottomans, the settlement was destroyed and became deserted. It was renamed "Kutlofça" by the Ottomans, which was derived from Kutlovitsa. Between 1450 and 1688, the town was resettled by TurksTurkic peoples
The Turkic peoples are peoples residing in northern, central and western Asia, southern Siberia and northwestern China and parts of eastern Europe. They speak languages belonging to the Turkic language family. They share, to varying degrees, certain cultural traits and historical backgrounds...
because of its strategic location, and went through another period of blossoming as a typically Orient
Orient
The Orient means "the East." It is a traditional designation for anything that belongs to the Eastern world or the Far East, in relation to Europe. In English it is a metonym that means various parts of Asia.- Derivation :...
al town. A mosque, fountains, and other new buildings were erected. There was also a Roman Bath left over the Middle Ages.
Modern history
After the Liberation began a massive wave of migration towards Kutlovitsa and a period of economic blossoming. An electric station, a train station, a post office and a hospital were built, a fair and a community centre emerged. She has a football team, who named PFC MontanaPFC Montana
PFC Montana is a Bulgarian football club from the town of Montana, currently playing in the Bulgarian A Professional Football Group, the top division of Bulgarian football....
. PFC Montana was founded in 1921 and played in Bulgarian A Professional Football Group
Bulgarian A Professional Football Group
The Bulgarian A Professional Football Group commonly known as A PFG is the top division of the Bulgarian football league system. The league is sponsored by Victoria FATA Insurance and therefore is officially known as Victoria A Football Group since 2011...
between 1994–1997 and 2009–present day.
Born in Montana
- Yordanka BlagoevaYordanka BlagoevaYordanka Blagoeva is a Bulgarian athlete who competed mainly in the High Jump.She competed for Bulgaria in the 1972 Summer Olympics held in Munich in the High Jump where she finished second...
(1947-01-19) - World champion and record holder in high jump between September 24, 1972 and August 24, 1974 - Stiliyan PetrovStiliyan PetrovStiliyan Alyoshev Petrov is a Bulgarian footballer who captains Aston Villa in the Premier League and the Bulgarian national team. He won the Bulgarian Footballer of the Year award in 2003 when he was playing for Celtic...
(r. 1979) - Player in the national football team of Bulgaria and Aston Villa - Yordan RadichkovYordan RadichkovYordan Radichkov was a famous Bulgarian writer and playwright. Some literary critics state that he is the most significant figure in Bulgarian literature in the last third of the 20th century...
-writer - Stefan Savov (1896–1969) - playwright
- Nelly Rangelova (r. 1958) - Bulgarian pop-singer
- Dragomir Asenov (1926–1981) - playwright
- Rosalin Nakov (1965) - Composer
- Elen Koleva ( March 31, 1984) - actress
- Ognyan Nikolov-opera singer
Twin towns — Sister cities
Montana is twinnedTown twinning
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with: Banská Bystrica
Banská Bystrica
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, Slovakia
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Zhytomyr
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, Ukraine
Ukraine
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Schmalkalden
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Pirot
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, Serbia
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Salvatierra/Agurain
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, Spain
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Dzerzhinsky (town)
Dzerzhinsky (town)
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, Russia
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Kassel
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, Germany
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Surakarta
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, Indonesia
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.
Honour
Montana BluffMontana Bluff
Montana Bluff is an ice-covered peak rising to 670 m at the end of a side ridge running south-southeast from Ticha Peak in central Bowles Ridge, Livingston Island. Surmounting Perunika Glacier to the west and southwest, and Huron Glacier to the east and southeast...
on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands
South Shetland Islands
The South Shetland Islands are a group of Antarctic islands, lying about north of the Antarctic Peninsula, with a total area of . By the Antarctic Treaty of 1959, the Islands' sovereignty is neither recognized nor disputed by the signatories and they are free for use by any signatory for...
, Antarctica is named after the city of Montana.
Districts
- Central
- Mladost 1 and 2 - large residential district in the northwestern part of the town composed of about 40, built in the 80's, blocks of flats.
- Pliska
- Pastrina
- Mala Kutlovitsa - suburban district composed mainly of residential houses
- Izgrev
- Kosharnik - rundown neighbourhood on the outskirts of the town populated mainly with Roma Gypsies.
- Ogosta
- Zhivovtsi
- Industrial Zone
- Bodur Mahala (unofficial name)
- Barcelon mahala (unofficial name)