Zlatitsa

Zlatitsa (Златица ) is a town and the seat of the Zlatitsa Municipality in southern Bulgaria located in the Zlatitsa–Pirdop Valley. It lies between Stara Planina to the north and Sredna Gora to the south, at 680 m above sea level. It is situated immediately south in the lap of the Zlatitsa-Teteven mountain. Zlatitsa is situated 75 km east of Sofia, 27 km south of Etropole, 32 km north of Panagiurishte, 2 km west of Pirdop, and 32 km northwest of Koprivshtitsa. The population is 5,286.

Zlatitsa is situated at the crossroad between the first class I-6 road Gyueshevo–Sofia–Karlovo–Burgas and the second class II-37 road Yablanitsa–Panagyurishte–Pazardzhik–Dospat. It is also served by railway line No. 3 Iliyantsi (Sofia)–Karlovo–Sliven–Karnobat–Varna operated by the Bulgarian State Railways.

9 km south of Zlatitsa is the Old Kemer – a bridge spanning the river Topolnitsa from Roman times. The church complex called Spasovo Kladenche is 500 m away from the town. The park monument Kambana can be found in the nearby village of Petrich.

The Battle of Zlatitsa was fought nearby on 12 December 1443.

Between 1 April 1978 and 31 August 1991, Zlatitsa together with Pirdop formed a single town called Srednogorie.

Notable people

 * Valko Chervenkov, Bulgarian leader of the Communist Party and politician