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Kyustendil

Also known as Pautalia, Velbazhd

Kyustendil is a town in western Bulgaria near the borders with Serbia and North Macedonia, known for its hot springs. As Roman Pautalia it was a flourishing spa town, and in the Middle Ages, as Velbazhd, it was a regional centre near which the Serbs defeated the Bulgarians in 1330. Its modern name comes from Konstantin Dragaš, whose lordship included it before the Ottoman conquest.

Kyustendil
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Second Bulgarian EmpireMilitary, Decline, Summary

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Lordship of Dejanović

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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Kyustendil. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/kyustendil
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“Kyustendil.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia, The Epoch Institute, 2026, https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/kyustendil. Accessed .
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