Rozhen
Rozhen, Bulgaria is a village in the municipality of Sandanski, in Blagoevgrad Province, Bulgaria. It is situated at the south-western foothills of the Pirin mountain range and is nestled within the Melnik Earth Pyramids.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 12 residents
- Description: village in Sandanski municipality, Blagoevgrad oblast, Bulgaria
- Also known as: “Rezhen” and “Rozhen, Bulgaria”
- Postal code: 2820
Places of Interest
Highlights include Rozhen Monastery and Kordopulov House.
Rozhen Monastery
Church
Photo: Reinhard P. Braun, CC BY-SA 2.5.
The Rozhen Monastery of the Nativity of the Mother of God is the biggest monastery in the Pirin Mountains in southwestern Bulgaria, nestled in the Melnik Earth Pyramids.
Kordopulov House
Museum
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Kordopulov House is a large late Ottoman style house in the southwestern Bulgarian town of Melnik. It was built in 1754 specifically for wine production and was bought by the Greek merchant Manolis Kordopoulos. Kordopulov House is situated 3 km west of Rozhen.
Melnik History Museum
Museum
Photo: Svik, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Melnik History Museum is situated 3 km west of Rozhen.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lyubovishte and Karlanovo.
Lyubovishte
Village
Photo: Кочев, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Lyubovishte is a village in the municipality of Sandanski, in Blagoevgrad Province, Bulgaria.
Karlanovo
Hamlet
Photo: Кочев, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Karlanovo is a village in the municipality of Sandanski, in Blagoevgrad Province, Bulgaria. It is situated at the south-western foothills of the Pirin mountain range and is nestled within the Melnik Earth Pyramids.
Sugarevo
Hamlet
Sugarevo is a village in the municipality of Sandanski, in Blagoevgrad Province, Bulgaria. Sugarevo is situated 3 km north of Rozhen.
Rozhen
- Categories: village of Bulgaria and locality
- Location: Sandanski, Pirin Macedonia, Bulgaria, Balkans, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
41.53301° or 41° 31′ 59″ northLongitude
23.43326° or 23° 25′ 60″ eastPopulation
12Elevation
516 metres (1,693 feet)Open location code
8GH5GCMM+68OpenStreetMap ID
node 273880477OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
727571Wikidata ID
Q2064580
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Bulgarian to Ukrainian—“Rozhen” goes by many names.
- Bulgarian: “Рожен”
- Bulgarian: “С.РОЖЕН”
- Catalan: “Rojen”
- Chechen: “Рожен (Благоевградан область)”
- Chechen: “Рожен”
- Chinese: “Rozhen”
- Chinese: “羅任”
- French: “Rojen”
- German: “Roschen”
- German: “Roshen”
- Greek: “Ροζινός”
- Hungarian: “Rozsen”
- Kazakh: “Рожен (Благоевград облысы)”
- Kazakh: “Рожен”
- Macedonian: “Рожен”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Rozhen (selo)”
- Persian: “روژن (بلغارستان)”
- Persian: “روژن”
- Polish: “Rożen”
- Romanian: “Rojen, Blagoevgrad”
- Romanian: “Rojen”
- Russian: “Рожен”
- Serbian: “Рожен (Благоевград)”
- Serbian: “Рожен”
- Tatar: “Рожен (Благоевград өлкәсе)”
- Tatar: “Рожен”
- Turkish: “Rojen (Bulgaristan)”
- Turkish: “Rojen, Bulgaristan”
- Turkish: “Rojen”
- Ukrainian: “Рожен”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Rozhen”. Photo: Кочев, CC BY-SA 3.0.