Oreshec

Gara Oreshets is a village located in , in the , of northwestern Bulgaria.
Wikipedia
  • Type: Village with 539 residents
  • Description: village in Dimovo municipality, Vidin oblast, Bulgaria
  • Also known as: “Gara Oreshets” and “Oreshets”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Kozarnika and Venetsa.

Cave
Photo: Spiritia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
or Peshtera is a cave in northwestern that was used as a hunters’ shelter as early as the Lower Paleolithic. It marks an older route of early human migration from to via the , prior to the other currently suggested route - the one across .

Cave
Photo: Vislupus, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a cave.

Church
Photo: Vislupus, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Belogradchik.

Photo: Nikolai Karaneschev, CC BY 3.0.
is a small town in , in the foothills of the Balkan Mountains. It's famous for the unique rock formations that surround it and the fortress nested in them. Nearby is also a famous cave open to visitors.

Oreshec

Latitude
43.6554° or 43° 39′ 19″ north
Longitude
22.7383° or 22° 44′ 18″ east
Population
539
Elevation
392 metres (1,286 feet)
Open location code
8GM4MP4Q+57
Open­Street­Map ID
node 273813266
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
6460671
Wiki­data ID
Q1077841
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In Other Languages

From Bulgarian to Ukrainian—“Oreshec” goes by many names.
  • Bulgarian: “Гара Орешец”
  • Bulgarian: “Орешец”
  • Bulgarian: “С.ОРЕШЕЦ (ГАРА ОРЕШЕЦ)”
  • Bulgarian: “С.ОРЕШЕЦ”
  • Cebuano: “Oreshec”
  • Chechen: “Гара-Орешец”
  • Chinese: “Gara Oreshets”
  • German: “Gara Oreshec”
  • Kazakh: “Gara-Oreşec”
  • Kazakh: “Гара-Орешец”
  • Kazakh: “گارا-ورەشەتس”
  • Korean: “가라 오레셰츠”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Gara Oreshets”
  • Romanian: “Gara Oreșeț, Vidin”
  • Romanian: “Gara Oreșeț”
  • Russian: “Гара-Орешец”
  • Swedish: “Oresjets, Vidin”
  • Swedish: “Oresjets”
  • Tatar: “Гара-Орешец”
  • Turkish: “Gara Oreşets (Bulgaristan)”
  • Turkish: “Gara Oreşets, Bulgaristan”
  • Turkish: “Gara Oreşets”
  • Ukrainian: “Гара-Орешец”
  • Ukrainian: “Гара-Орешець”

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