Katselovo

Katselovo (Bulgarian: Кацелово) is a village in northern Bulgaria, administered by the municipality of Dve Mogili and part of Ruse Province.

[1] Katselovo is 18 km south of the UNESCO World Heritage Listed monasteries and churches of Ivanovo and is located on edge of the same steep limestone escarpment.

[2] One of the major employers is the cooperative "Hope - Katselovo" (Bulgarian: ПК "Надежда - Кацелово")[1], who grow large quantities of wheat, maize and sunflowers.

The credit cooperative "Oral" (Bulgarian: Кредитна кооперация “Орало”) continues to play a large part in the village economy as it has done for over 100 years.

Most of the residents have large gardens in which they grow vegetables and many keep a cow, goats, sheep or other livestock along with chickens, geese, ducks and turkeys.

There is a library, cultural center and cinema between the school and the church, opposite the Mayor's office / Town (village) Hall.

There is also a street / livestock market on Sundays which is well attended, Katselovo claims to breed the finest horses in the area and are justly proud of this.

A view of the center of Katselovo, BG from the hillside to the North. Showing the Church tower (center left), the Cultural Center (large grey building) and what was the school (center right).
Katselovo Center
The church in the village of Katselovo, Bulgaria
Katselovo Church
The Mayor's Office and Town Hall of Katselovo, Bulgaria
The Mayor's Office