Everything about Samokov totally explained
Samokov is a town in
Sofia Province in the southwest of
Bulgaria. It is situated in a kettle between the mountains
Rila and
Vitosha.
Due to the suitable
winter sports conditions, Samokov, together with the nearby resort
Borovets, is a major tourist centre.
In the past, Samokov was a centre of handicrafts and art, with notable figures like
Zahari Zograf,
Hristo Dimitrov and
Nikola Obrazopisov. The town's name is a
compound word of "samo" and "kov", respectively meaning "self" and the root of the verb "forge, hammer", and comes from the
samokov, a mechanical forge powered by water, since the town of Samokov was a major iron producing centre during the last two hundred years (
18th-
19th century) of
Ottoman rule of Bulgaria.
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