Drazhevo
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Drazhevo Дражево |
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 Drazhevo
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| Coordinates: 42°33′N 26°27′E / 42.550°N 26.450°ECoordinates: 42°33′N 26°27′E / 42.550°N 26.450°E | |
| Country | Bulgaria |
| Province | Yambol |
| Municipality | Tundzha |
| Website | http://drazhevo.co.nf/zeml.html |
Drazhevo (Bulgarian: Дражево, also transliterated: Drajevo) is a village in the southeast of Bulgaria, located in the Tundzha Municipality of the Yambol Province. It is situated near the Tundja river, near forest areas 9 km (6 mi) away from the town of Yambol, 17 km (11 mi) away from the town of Sliven, and 51 km (32 mi) away from the town of Elhovo. Drajevo borders the villages of Hadjidimitrovo, Krushare (Sliven Province), Zhelio Voyvoda (Sliven Province), Kabile and town of Yambol. There is a medical centre, post office, several shops and cafés and has regular bus connections to the town of Yambol.
Tonzos river valley (now Tundja) was inhabited by Thracian tribes in the Bronze and Iron Age. The especially favourable location, which attracted settlers as early as the Stone-Copper Age, is the bight Tonzos, around the last hill "Zajchi vrah" of the mountain "Sredna gora". It is where the river changes its flow from the east to south, towards "Uskudama, Adrianopolis"(modern-day Edirne). On its way to Aegean Sea, the river merges with the rivers Maritsa and Arda. At the end of the II mil. at the foot of the tip, is formed the city of Kabile - a part of the Roman province of Thrace. Under the Avary's attacks the city was destroyed during the 6th century.
The village Drazhevo has ancient beginnings. This is evident by pottery remains from an ancient Thracian settlement discovered northeast of the village huddled at the foot of the peak "Zajchi vrah". Excavations in 2004 at the hill "Dyado Sabev bair", which is located right next to the hill "Zajchi vrah", opened a unique tumulus, (or burial mound), of the Yamna culture. These people were steppe nomads from the second level of the Early Bronze Age.
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