Staro Zhelezare (Bulgarian: Старо Железаре) is a village in central Bulgaria.

It has direct road connections with the neighbouring villages of Panicheri to the northwest, Chernichevo to the east and Novo Zhelezare to the south.

Staro Zhelezare is situated in the Upper Thracian Plain, at the southern foothills of the Sredna Gora mountain range.

[3] A representative of the village participated as a deputy at the 1876 assembly in the Oborishte locality near Panagyurishte, considered as a precursor of the Bulgarian National Assembly, during which a decision was taken to begin the April Uprising against the Ottoman Empire.

There is a monument dedicated to the fallen soldiers in the wars for the unification of Bulgaria.