Kostenets (Bulgarian: Костенец[ˈkɔstɛnɛt͡s]) is a town in Sofia Province in western Bulgaria, and the administrative centre of the Kostenets Municipality (which also contains a separate village of Kostenets). The town is situated in the Kostenets–Dolna Banya Valley at the foot of the mountain ranges of Rila and Sredna Gora, about 70 km (43 mi) southeast of capital Sofia.
The average monthly and annual air temperature at daylight varies from -4.2C (January) to +16.1C (July). The abundance of mineral springs is one of the special characteristics of the region. The spa resort of Momin Prohod is a specialised centre for rehabilitation and recreation and attracts many visitors. The spa resorts Villas Kostenets, Pchelinski bani, and the village of Kostenets are near the town.
The favourable climatic factors, the unique combination of the thermal mineral water resources with the immediate proximity to the resort of Borovets and the country's capital, and the natural and historical sights provide a potential for all-the-year-round tourism, recreation and sport. There is a library and a school. There is a supermarket, and a few shops.
Kostenets Saddle in Imeon Range on Smith Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica is named after Kostenets.[1]
^Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica: Kostenets Saddle.
Kostenets (Bulgarian: Костенец [ˈkɔstɛnɛt͡s]) is a town in Sofia Province in western Bulgaria, and the administrative centre of the Kostenets Municipality...
OFC Kostenets (Bulgarian: ОФК Костенец) is a Bulgarian association football club based in Kostenets, which competes in the A RFG Sofia, the forth division...
Constantine of Kostenets (Bulgarian: Константин Костенечки, romanized: Konstantin Kostenechki; c. 1380 – after 1431), also known as Constantine the Philosopher...
to the west. The saddle is named after the town of Kostenets in southwestern Bulgaria. Kostenets Saddle is located at 62°56′49″S 62°28′07″W / 62.94694°S...
authors include Saint Sava, Jefimija, Stefan Lazarević, Constantine of Kostenets and others. Under Ottoman occupation, when Serbia was not part of the...
The Kostenets municipality (Bulgarian: Община Костенец) is one of the 22 municipalities of the Sofia Province, Bulgaria. The extent of the territory is...
Slivnitsa, Kostinbrod, Bozhurishte, Svoge, Elin Pelin, Gorna Malina, Ihtiman, Kostenets) and Pernik Province (Pernik, Radomir), representing 5.16% of the country...
Rhodopes and Strandzha in the south. Rila as seen from the village of Kostenets, Sofia Province Vihren Peak in Pirin as seen from the north Kamenitsa...
Province in southwestern Bulgaria, located in the Kostenets Municipality. In it situated in the Kostenets–Dolna Banya Valley enclosed between the mountain...
Constantine the Philosopher (Константин Филозоф), also known as Constantine of Kostenets. The canon of this school was followed in monasteries of Hilandar, Patriarchate...
valleys – Dupnitsa Valley to the north-west, Samokov Valley to the north, Kostenets–Dolna Banya Valley to the north-east, Razlog Valley to the south and Blagoevgrad...
artillery, rocket weapons and all types of missile systems. TEREM - Tsar Samuil LTD. - Kostenets - production and utilization of ammunition. TEREM. v t e...
1166 but the only surviving chronicle is from 1431 by Constantine of Kostenets who includes a genealogy of the Nemanjić dynasty up until Despot Stefan...
of the rank of Patriarch Evtimiy, Gregory Tsamblak, and Konstantin of Kostenets. A considerable flowering was noted in the fields of literature, architecture...
Bulgarian Girls' High School of Thessaloniki, to Bulgaria. They settled in Kostenets in 1914, where he continuously taught from 1914 to 1929. He worked not...
14th and 15th centuries, such as Gregory Tsamblak and Constantine of Kostenets, the school influenced Russian, Serbian, Wallachian and Moldavian medieval...
Bulgarian professional footballer and coach who plays as a striker for Kostenets. Throughout his career, Bojinov has played for eighteen different clubs...
of the Kostenets Municipality in the Sofia Province, about 70 km (43 mi) from the city of Sofia. Geographically, it is located in the Kostenets–Dolna Banya...
with the work of Patriarch Evtimiy, Gregory Tsamblak, Constantine of Kostenets (Konstantin Kostenechki). Bulgarian cultural influence was especially...
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