On my last visit to Sakar Bair we reached Dabova mahala, but in the distance we noticed houses perched on the slope of Manushevtsi mahala. my post is from the center of the area we will be looking at today.
The villages and neighborhoods we will see today are located in the municipality of Antonovo near Targovishte. The main part of the population here is Muslim. The most populated area was around 14-15 century. At that time in these places there were few Bulgarian villages because most of them were destroyed when the Ottomans entered. I hoped to find old and interesting houses. That's how it happened.
Near the village of Constantine is the turnoff that took us to the winding road on which we climbed the slopes of "A la Gune". etc. After a long climb we crossed the ridge and headed to the village of Glogovets. Marar that is located on the road in the village has only a dozen inhabitants.
The village is very old, as evidenced by the ancient oaks. The name of the village is mentioned in a commercial document from the distant 1495 with the Italian name Glogovichio.
We descend to the village of Chekantsi. Once the village was very lively with a mixed population. Now about 30 people live here.
I was very pleased with the fact that herds grazed on many of the vast meadows.
We take the road again and pass through the village of Stevrek, the largest and busiest village in this area. We pass in transit because our goal is the small neighborhoods and villages.
Our next stop is the village of Ravno selo. Located on a relatively flat place from the village reveals a view of huge flat pastures and meadows.
There are people here in almost every house, but mostly adults.
We are approaching the upper part of the neighborhood. And here there is something to grab our attention.
The Stroynovtsi and Cherna Voda neighborhoods are barely visible above the trees. We head there.
And here is the road that will take us to Stroynovtsi.
On the way we caught an elderly woman from Ravno Selo who was collecting twigs and kindly allowed me to photograph her.
We are already in Stroynovtsi. In front of the village it bore the Turkish name Kemanlari. Although it is said that 11 people live here, I could not meet anyone.
On the way we met this man who comes from a nearby village here with the herd of grazing.
We reach a fork and a small sign but it leads to the village of Cherna Voda.
Here the village was a little more lively and we met a young man named Rosen who tells us that he was born and raised in the village. But nothing was the same and the people were gone.
I decided to take a closer look at this old stone house.
Here are some more beautiful shots from this fabulous place.
For the end of our trip we left the area known as the fortress Kaleto. Extremely beautiful and wild place full of history.