# Perushtitsa

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**Perushtitsa** (Bulgarian: Перущица ˈpɛruʃtit͡sɐ) or **Perushtitza** is a [Bulgarian](/source/Bulgaria) [town](/source/Town) located in [Perushtitsa Municipality](/source/Perushtitsa_Municipality), [Plovdiv Province](/source/Plovdiv_Province) at the foot of the [Rhodopes](/source/Rhodopes), 22 kilometers south of [Plovdiv](/source/Plovdiv).

The name *Perushtitsa* comes from the word *Peristitsa*, which in turn comes from the name of the God [Perun](/source/Perun).[1]

[The town is](/source/List_of_cities_and_towns_in_Bulgaria) famous throughout Bulgaria for the fight that took place there in 1876 during the [April Uprising](/source/April_Uprising) against the [Ottoman](/source/Ottoman_Empire) reign. During the suppression of the uprising by [Turkish irregulars](/source/Bashi-bazouk), the majority of the residents were slaughtered. The French journalist [Ivan de Woestyne](/source/Ivan_de_Woestyne), who visited the town in July 1876, reported for the newspaper *[Le Figaro](/source/Le_Figaro)* that out of a population of about 2000 only 150 elders and children were left.[2] [Lady Strangford](/source/Lady_Strangford) arrived from Britain later that year with relief for the people of Bulgaria following the massacres. She built a hospital at [Batak](/source/Batak,_Bulgaria) and later other hospitals were built including at Perushtitsa.[3]

Perushtitsa is one of the few places in Bulgaria where Mavrud grapes are grown for a typical Bulgarian wine [Mavrud](/source/Mavrud).

The remains of the [Red Church](/source/Red_Church_(Bulgaria)) date from the 5th or 6th century and are a symbol for the city of Perushtitsa. They are located 2 km northeast of Perushtitsa.[4]

There is a multi functional [sports complex](https://www.perushtitsa.bg/%D1%81%D0%BF%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%82%D0%BD%D0%B0-%D0%B7%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B0) "Perushtitsa" (at coordinates 42.061396, 24.553302[5]) which can be used for 14 sports – basketball, handball, volleyball, football, badminton, table tennis, body building, and others.

## References

1. Панайотов, Иван (1974). *Върховръх*. [Мединица и Физкултура](/source/%D0%9C%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%86%D0%B0_%D0%B8_%D0%A4%D0%B8%D0%B7%D0%BA%D1%83%D0%BB%D1%82%D1%83%D1%80%D0%B0)

1. de Woestyne, Ivan (1876). *Voyage au pays des Bachi-Bouzoucks*. [Bachelin-Deflorenne](/source/Bachelin-Deflorenne) [Paris](/source/Paris)

1. Shurbanov, Alexander (1996). [*Victorian England ~ Literary Perspective in Bulgaria*](https://archive.org/stream/VictorianEnglandLiteraryPerspectiveInBulgaria/bulgaria_victorian-literature_djvu.txt). Sofia.

1. [The Red Church](http://perushtitsa.bg/en/red-church) Website of Perushtitsa Municipality

1. ["Convert Address to Lat Long"](https://csv2geo.com/). *csv 2 geodata*. Retrieved 2020-11-24.

- [Perushtitsa Municipality. The Red Church](http://perushtitsa.bg/en/red-church)
- [The monument of Three Generations](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfaES4V0_BU)

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