Belchin

Belchin (Bulgarian: Белчин) is a village in the Sofia Province southwestern Bulgaria, located in the Samokov Municipality.

[1] Belchin is located in the Samokov Valley at the foothills of the Rila mountain range, very close to mountain ranges of Vitosha, Verila and Plana.

[4] There are favourable conditions for agriculture, the main crops include potatoes, linen and grain.

The fortress of Tsari Mali Grad near Belchin has been restored and is part of the 100 Tourist Sites of Bulgaria.

[5] There are two churches, Saint Apostles Peter and Paul consecrated in 1883 and Saint Petka, constructed in the 17th century over an older medieval church dated to the 13th–14th centuries.