The Medieval Church in Dobarsko, near Bansko, Bulgaria

In the first centuries after the Bulgarian lands were occupied by the Ottoman Empire (the end of the 14th century) Dobarsko became an important economical centre of the surrounding region. The local merchants traded with cattle and cotton bought from the Aegean port cities. They distributed these goods in the entire Ottoman Empire and even exported them as far as the central European cities of Vienna and Budapest. The decline of Dobarsko began in the 18th century when the nearby town of Bansko took its role of leading regional trading and economical centre.

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