хижа Чивира
The place
Hizha Chivira ("Chivira Hut") in Sofia/Kyustendil Oblast, Blagoevgrad/Bansko sector (Rila, southwestern Bulgaria, Bulgaria), at 1,388 m altitude, on the slopes of Musala, at 2,925 m the highest peak in the Balkans, in the Rila range. Continuous Bulgaria cluster (batches 334-359, 2 listings). COUNTRY ANOMALY: Bulgaria missing from the country database. A BTS hut (Bulgarian Tourist Union, 27 chalets, 300 huts) in the Rila mountains + Musala 2,925 m the highest peak in the Balkans + Rila Monastery, UNESCO 1983, founded 927 by Saint Ivan of Rila, an ascetic and patriarch of Bulgarian Orthodoxy, unique architecture + brown bear (Ursus arctos), 800 individuals, Bulgaria's largest EU population after Romania + heritage of the Bulgarians (South Slavs, 6 million speakers of Bulgarian, Old Church Slavonic script, Cyrillic alphabet, Cyril and Methodius, 9th century, 862 conversion of Tsar Boris I to Orthodox Christianity, foundational for Slavic cultures).
The setting
Sofia/Kyustendil Blagoevgrad/Bansko Rila southwestern Bulgaria Bulgaria 1,388 m Musala 2,925 m highest peak in the Balkans, continuous cluster batches 334-359 2 listings, BTS 27 chalets 300 huts + Musala 2,925 m #1 in the Balkans + Rila Monastery UNESCO 1983 927 Ivan of Rila patriarch Bulgarian Orthodoxy unique architecture + Ursus arctos 800 Bulgaria's largest EU population after Romania, Bulgarians South Slavs 6M Old Church Slavonic Cyrillic Cyril and Methodius 862 conversion Boris I Orthodox Slavic foundation, ANOMALY Bulgaria missing.
