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15-542: The village of Paril is located in a mountainous region in the historical-geographical region of Marvashko. It is located at the foot of Tsari Vrah in Slavyanka Mountain (Alibotush) and the southern slopes of Pirin Mountain. The Paril saddle divides these two mountains. The village is a starting point for "Slavyanka" hut and for hiking on the mountain of the same name with its natural resources and caves. Paril

30-416: A tectonic plate and is considered the fourth-largest driving force in geomorphology . The word "massif" originates from French (in which the word also means "massive"), where it is used to refer to a large mountain mass or compact group of connected mountains forming an independent portion of a range. The Face on Mars is an example of an extraterrestrial massif. Massifs may also form underwater, as with

45-499: A homestead with 45 Bulgarian houses. In 1891 Georgi Strezov wrote about the village: "Paril Chiflik, on the south of Gaitaninovo. A few years ago it was a homestead; the peasants bought their land. Agriculture comes first;... It lies in a valley at the foot of Ali Botush. A church where Greek is read. Between Gaitaninovo and Paril Chiflik you can see the ruins of a castle, which are still called "The Tower". Below are Gradishta. The number of houses amounts to 50; Bulgarian. “ According to

60-424: A massif is frequently used to denote the main mass of an individual mountain. As a purely scientific term in geology , however, a "massif" is separately and more specifically defined as a section of a planet's crust that is demarcated by faults or flexures . In the movement of the crust, a massif tends to retain its internal structure while being displaced as a whole. A massif is a smaller structural unit than

75-535: Is a mountain located on the border of southwestern Bulgaria and northernmost Greece , located south of the Pirin Mountains and connected with it by the Paril Saddle . The highest peak of Slavyanka is Gotsev Vrah at 2,212 m, while other notable peaks include Golyam Tsarev Vrah (2,186 m), Malak Tsarev Vrah (2,087 m), Shabran (2,196 m) and Salyuva Dzhamiya (2,027 m). The Bulgarian section of the mountain

90-469: Is a village with a rich historical past. Archaeological remains from different historical epochs have been found in the village. Fortress walls of a Roman settlement and a water supply system have been discovered near the Paril Tower. Even today, old coins are found in the fields, evidence of intensive settlement life. In the 19th century the village was a small purely Bulgarian settlement, belonging to

105-487: Is mountainous and difficult in winter conditions. There are not any administrative institutions in Paril. The elementary school "St. Clement of Ohrid", founded in 1933 year is closed, because there are no students in the village. The people in the village are predominantly Orthodox Christian. The first church in Paril was built during Ottoman rule. It has not survived to the present day. The St. Constantine and Helene church

120-478: Is part of the Ali Botush Reserve . The massif is dome-shaped and has very steep ridges. Slavyanka has a pronounced karst character and thus features over 30 caves, attracting many speleologists . The climate has a considerable Mediterranean influence, with precipitation being at its highest in the autumn and winter and at its lowest in the summer, and the average temperatures being higher than in

135-606: The Bosnian Pine grows at over 1,800 m above sea level, making Slavyanka the place with the highest concentration of the species in the Balkans . The fauna is represented not only by typical species for Bulgaria such as the deer , Wild Boar , hare , fox and badger , but also by characteristically Mediterranean animals like the jackal , the rare European Cat Snake , several species of tortoises and lizards, etc. There have been found 44 species of terrestrial gastropods in

150-771: The Nevrokop kaza of the Serres sanjak . The church "St. St. Constantine and Helena" was built in the early nineteenth century. In the Ethnography of the Provinces of Adrianople, Monastir and Thessaloniki, published in Constantinople in 1878 and reflecting the statistics of the male population from 1873, Paril is listed as a village with 35 households and 130 Bulgarian inhabitants. In 1889, Stefan Verkovic ("Topographic and Ethnographic Essay of Macedonia") noted Paril as

165-530: The Bulgarian part of the Alibotush Mountains. Twenty-four species of these terrestrial gastropods have Mediterranean type of distribution. Massif A massif ( / m æ ˈ s iː f , ˈ m æ s ɪ f / ) is a principal mountain mass, such as a compact portion of a mountain range , containing one or more summits (e.g. France's Massif Central ). In mountaineering literature,

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180-529: The outbreak of the Balkan War in 1912, six people from the village were volunteers in the Macedonian-Edirne militia. There are no economical subjects in the village. Only one guesthouse is accepting tourists during the whole year. The village is accessible during the whole year by asphalted road, connecting the municipal centre Hadzhidimovo with the village of Katuntsi and Petrich . The road

195-471: The rest of the country at this height. The average annual temperature in the lowest part of the mountain is almost 14 °C and about 6 °C in the highest part. Slavyanka has a rich flora , with more than 1,700 vascular plants , including 20 Bulgarian endemic species and five that can be found nowhere else in the country. The low part of the mountain is rich in European Black Pine , while

210-580: The statistical research of Vasil Kanchov ("Macedonia. Ethnography and Statistics"), by 1900 the population of the village numbered a total of 300 people, all Bulgarian Christians.". According to the Secretary of the Bulgarian Exarchate Dimitar Mishev ("La Macedoine et sa Population Chrétienne") in 1905 in Paril (Poril) live 432 Bulgarians. There is a Bulgarian primary school in the village with 1 teacher and 12 students. At

225-464: Was consecrated in 1936. Paril Saddle in Antarctica is named after the village. 41°26′N 23°41′E  /  41.433°N 23.683°E  / 41.433; 23.683 Slavyanka (mountain) Slavyanka ( Bulgarian : Славянка , " Slavic woman") or Orvilos ( Greek : Όρβηλος ), formerly known as Alibotush (from Turkish Alibotuş ) and Kitka Planina (Китка планина),

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