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KIUSTENDIL , the See also:chief See also:town of a See also:department in See also:Bulgaria, situated in a mountainous See also:country, on a small affluent of the Struma, 43 M. S.W. of See also:Sofia by See also:rail. Pop. (1906), 12,353. The streets are narrow and uneven, and the See also:majority of the houses are of See also:clay or See also:wood. The town is chiefly notable for its hot See also:mineral springs, in connexion with which there are nine bathing establishments. Small quantities of See also:gold and See also:silver are obtained from mines near Kiustendil, and vines, See also:tobacco and See also:fruit are largely cultivated. Some remains survive of the See also:Roman See also:period, when the town was known as Pautalia, Ulpia Pautalia, and Pautalia Aurelii. In the loth See also:century it became the seat of a bishopric, being then and during the later See also:middle ages known by the See also:Slavonic name of Velbuzhd. After the overthrow of the Seryian See also:kingdom it came into the See also:possession of See also:Constantine, See also:brother of the See also:despot Yovan Dragash, who ruled over See also:northern See also:Macedonia. Constantine was expelled and killed by the See also:Turks in 1394. In the 15th century Kiustendil was known as Velbushka Banya, and more commonly as Konstantinova Banya (Constantine's See also:Bath), from which has See also:developed the See also:Turkish name Kiustendil. Additional information and CommentsThere are no comments yet for this article.
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