There are a lot of legends about who founded Bansko. In accordance to one particular of them, Bansko was founded by families who lived in Dobarsko, a village in Rila, itself according to a legend founded by the blinded army of Tsar Samuil. A second legend claims that Bansko was founded by an Italian painter by the title of Ciociolino, for this reason the existence of the title Chucholin in Bansko.
BanskoNevertheless in accordance to one additional version it was a Slavic tribe termed the Peruns, who lived in Pirin and worshiped Perun, that founded the village later to turn out to be a city. There are a number of ethnographic texts, legends, prayers and oratories, which lend credence to this legend.
The archeological traces of the inhabitants of Bansko and the Razlog Valley in general date to the early intervals of the Roman Empire. There are many housing structures at the outskirts of the city, which date to one hundred BC. Having said that, there is no consensus nor credible principle on who these persons had been.
The Bulgarian Evangelical Church Neighborhood, the earliest Protestant church in Bulgaria, was founded in Bansko on six August 1868.
Till October five, 1912, Baniçka (Bansko's former identify) was a element of the Ottoman Empire, but enjoyed a quasi self-rule autonomy granted by the sultan. The town was ruled by an assembly of the elders, even while justice was administered by the Ottoman judge in Razlog. It was incorporated in Bulgaria in 1912 as a consequence of the Initial Balkan War.
Bansko, when mostly a stockbreeding and travelling merchant community, has become an worldwide centre for winter and summer time tourism. The mountain peaks close to the town, the a great number of lakes and the outdated pine woods make it a widespread internet page for recreation.
Enhancements to the infrastructure and organisation of the ski location on Todorka have been built yearly to accommodate the increasing range of travelers. A gondola raise was designed from city in 2003, changing the minibus trip to the major base location of Banderishka Poliana. As of 2010, the ski area has seventy five km (46 mi.) of ski runs, 27 lifts and drags, serving up to 24,500 people per hour[2]. The vast array of slopes are ideal for all skill levels - from new rookies to completed authorities. The lift-served summit rises to an elevation of 2600 m (8530 ft.) previously mentioned sea level. The vertical drop is practically one thousand m (3280 ft.) to the base region at Banderishka Poliana, and in excess of 1600 m (5250 ft.) with the ski runs to town.
Pochivka Pamporovo