Haskovo, Bulgaria - Houisng Complex 'Orfej' - postcard, c.1970s

Postcard
• Picture / Image:  Haskowo [of Haskovo], apartment or housing comlex 'Orfej'
• Publisher:  Septemvri, Bulgaria
• Postally used:  no
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Haskovo (Bulgarian: ???????) (Turkish: Hasköy), is a city, an administrative centre of the homonymous Haskovo Province in southern Bulgaria, not far from the borders with Greece and Turkey. As of February 2011, it has a population of 74,843 inhabitants.^[1]

The first settlement found in Haskovo are from circa 5000 bc. The Thracian name of the settlement was Marsa. Haskovo celebrated its 1,000th anniversary as a town in 1985. To mark the event, a new clock tower was erected in the centre of the town. In medieval times it was known for the nearby Uzundzhovo fair, famous in all of Bulgaria.

According to the archeologists, the area of Haskovo was originally settled about seven thousand years ago. In and around Haskovo, evidence has been preserved that confirms its long history during the prehistoric, Thracian, Greek, Roman, and Byzantine periods.

In the 9th century — during the First Bulgarian Empire — a fortress was built in Haskovo that soon was transformed into a town. The town was located at the centre of a sizable region between the Klokotnitsa, Harmanliyska, and Maritsa rivers.

In 1395 the Eski cami (the Old Mosque) was built as one of the first in the Balkans. It is interesting that its minaret is slightly inclined. In 1782, the town was known as Marsa. By 1830, it was known as Uzundja-ova.^[2] Many^[who?] speculate that the current name came from the Arabic word ""has"" (??; possession) and the Turkish word ""köy"" (village) (Turkish: Hasköy). Several historians have ascertained that the Turkish word ""has"" has roots to the meaning ""clean."" Strengthening this argument, the town was called ""Clean Town"" during the Bulgarian Revival period. The Turkish ""köy"" was subsequently substituted with the Bulgarian (and common Slavic) placename suffix ""-ovo"".

Most Bulgarians began to re-settle in Haskovo at the beginning of the nineteenth century. At this time, the settlement was a trading centre for merchants from Edirne, Enez, and Istanbul. Slowly, the area acquired a strong reputation for producing cotton materials, silk fabrics, and carpets.

After the liberation in 1878 Haskovo became a centre of high-quality tobacco region. However, now there is no cigarette production in the region as the once big Tobacco company ""BT Haskovo"" was closed. Nowadays there are some enterprises producing food, machinery and fabric.

Haskovo Cove in Greenwich Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica is named for the city of Haskovo.

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