Harman Mahala

Harman Mahala is the fourth largest Roma ghetto in Plovdiv, Bulgaria. It is located in the northern part of the city near the road to Karlovo. It is the smallest living area of Roma representatives, comprising around 2000 people.

Type: Suburb
Description: Roman ghetto in Plovdiv, Bulgaria
Also known as: “Arman Mahala”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Regional Ethnographic Museum - Plovdiv and Filipovo.

Regional Ethnographic Museum - Plovdiv

Museum

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The Plovdiv Regional Ethnographic Museum is a museum of ethnography in Plovdiv, Bulgaria. Since 1938, it has occupied the 1847 house of the merchant, Argir Kuyumdzhioglu, in the city's Old Town.

Filipovo

Railway station

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Filipovo is a railway station.

Plovdiv Regional History Museum

Museum

Photo: Spiritia, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The Plovdiv Regional Historical Museum is a historical museum in the city of Plovdiv, Bulgaria. Established in 1951, it covers the history of Plovdiv from the 15th century until today. It has three departments, each occupying a separate historic building.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Old Plovdiv and Sheker Mahala.

Old Plovdiv

Suburb

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The old town in Plovdiv is an architectural and historical reserve located on three of Plovdiv's hills: Nebet Tepe, Dzhambaz Tepe and Taksim Tepe. The complex has been formed as a result of the long sequence of habitation from prehistoric times to present day and combines the culture and architecture from Antiquity, Middle Ages and Bulgarian revival.

Sheker Mahala

Suburb

Sheker Mahala is the second biggest Roma ghetto in Plovdiv. Its population is 10,000. 2,000 of them identify themselves as Roma, the rest identify themselves as people of Turkish origin.