- Brodilovo
Brodilovo ( _bg. Бродилово) is a village in the
Strandzha mountains of southeasternBulgaria , part ofTsarevo municipality,Burgas Province . Lying on the left bank of theVeleka , as of 2005 it has a population of 363 and the mayor is Dimitar Dimitrov.GR|Bulgaria Brodilovo is located at coord|42|5|N|27|51|E, 56metre s above sea level, 12 km south of Tsarevo. The name of the village is derived from its location near a convenient river ford ( _bg. брод, "brod").Older forms of the name are attested as Beradiu, Brodivo, Pordrikoz; it was first mentioned in 1498 with relation to
salt trade, and had Christian 34 households at the time. Until12 July 1914 the village was inhabited by Greek "nestinari", but following theSecond Balkan War these moved out to be replaced by Bulgarian refugees fromEastern Thrace . The village'sEastern Orthodox Church ofSaint Pantaleon was built in 1910 and features an externalnarthex ; theiconostasis was manufactured and carved by a local carver called Giannis.Until 2006, the ancient ritual of
dog spinning was practised in Brodilovo. It was banned by the authorities after Bulgariananimal welfare organizations complained of its cruelty.References
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