Dupnitsa

Dupnitsa

Understand Dupnitsa under the slopes of Rila 42°15′54″N 23°6′47″EMap of Dupnitsa Dupnitsa is about 50 km (31 mi) south of the capital Sofia and 30 km (19 mi) north of the larger Blagoevgrad. With a population of 27,000 (2021), it's the administrative centre of a municipality within Kyustendil Province (Kyustendil itself is 35 km (22 mi) to the west). The name is pronounced DOOP-ni-tsah. Between 1948 and 1990 the town bore the name of the Communist activist and functionary Stanke Dimitrov (1889-1944), who was born in Dupnitsa. He's notable among other things for being one of the organizers of the Sveta Nedelya terrorist attack that killed 134 people. Amusingly, for a brief period of time the town was named with his pseudonym - Marek, derived from "marxist, anti-fascist, revolutionary, emigrant, Communist", and today that name is used by Dupnitsa's soccer club, FC Marek. Most tourists just pass through Dupnitsa in transit. The road to the Rila Monastery splits off the main road about half way between Dupnitsa and Blagoevgrad. One of the ways of getting…

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