Perushtitsa

[1] The town is famous throughout Bulgaria for the fight that took place there in 1876 during the April Uprising against the Ottoman reign.

During the suppression of the uprising by Turkish irregulars, the majority of the residents were slaughtered.

The French journalist Ivan de Woestyne, who visited the town in July 1876, reported for the newspaper Le Figaro that out of a population of about 2000 only 150 elders and children were left.

[2] Lady Strangford arrived from Britain later that year with relief for the people of Bulgaria following the massacres.

The remains of the Red Church date from the 5th or 6th century and are a symbol for the city of Perushtitsa.