Petrevene
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 Petrevene
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| Coordinates: 43°9′32″N 24°8′53″E / 43.15889°N 24.14806°ECoordinates: 43°9′32″N 24°8′53″E / 43.15889°N 24.14806°E | |
| Country |
 Bulgaria
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Provinces (Oblast) |
Lovech Province |
| Area | |
| • Total | 17.823 km2 (6.881 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 135 m (443 ft) |
| Population (1 January 2006) | |
| • Total | 659 |
| • Density | 37/km2 (96/sq mi) |
| Demonym(s) | Petreventzi, (Петревенци) |
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) |
| • Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) |
| Postal Code | 5784 |
| Area code(s) | 06981 |
| Website | www |
Petrevene (Pétrevene, Petrevéne, Bulgarian: Петревене) is a village in North Central Bulgaria. It is situated on the left bank of Panega river (Bulgarian: Панега, also: Zlatna Panega, Bulgarian: Златна Панега, "Golden Panega", old: Paneg, Altǎn Paneg). It is in the Municipality of Lukovit, part of the District of Lovech, and is 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) away from the municipality center of Lukovit. The main road E-83 and the railroad Cherven Bryag—Zlatna Panega pass through it.
Probably Petrevene's name comes from the old-Greek word for stone, "petros" (ancient Greek:πέτρoς), as the Nabataean city of Petra, now in Jordan. Indeed, there are numerous sandstone quarries nearby, used since ancient times. High quality stones (though not real marble) from them have been extracted and exported even to Romania. Petrevene's medieval name, Mramor or Mramornitza, i.e. "marble", seems to support this hypothesis. In fact, under the name of "Miramor, Mromor", i.e. "Mramor", soon after the Ottoman invasion Petrevene was listed in "Tahrir Defter", the first Ottoman tax registry of 1430. Probably, even before that, during the Second Bulgarian State, its name still has been Mramor or Mramornitza. It is quite possible also that Petrevene is named after some individual called Petǎr (indeed, in its vicinity there are ruins known as Petrova gradezh, i.e. "Peter's construction".) -- a village elder, or an Eastern Orthodox monk (of the nearby Middle Age monastery of St. Peter and St. Paul, the ruins of which can be found near the bridge of the Belenska River south of the village). The alternative name under which Petrevene is listed in Tahrir Defter, "Petreve sele", i.e. "Petrevo selo", seems to support this hypothesis. It is quite possible that the name came from both of the above hypotheses.
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