City
Dospat

Encounter with nature is more real and remains for long in the hearts of those who have been here. Significantly town guests enthusiastically declared: "This is the Switzerland of the Balkans!"

Dospat past is interesting, but dozing off its treasures still unsolved completely from the archeology. Dospatska land lies in his bosom countless monuments, testimony to the lives of local people in this region from the earliest times. From the stories of adult Dospat people can be understood that here lived awake Rhodopeans who defeated her poverty by the resolve and hard work.

The town Dospat emerged as an important strategic, military medieval fortress in 13c. Built by Despot Alexius Slav - relative of Assen and mostly faithful boyar of Tsar Ivan Assen II. Despot Slav stayed here when traveling to their main residences in Melnik and fortress (today Asenovgrad).

During the Ottoman invasion of the Balkans as an independent feudal ruler in the region to strengthen Marko. And nowadays is part of his stronghold of difficult accessible place called by locals "Krali Markov`s Barchina". Gone down in history as a courageous hero - defender, his power was so great that "where the step spring became" and still are reserved "Krali Markov chuchurche" and "Krali Markov spring".

For the life of Thracians in Dospatska end remaining to speak today Thracian mounds near the village Lyubcha the Thracian sanctuary near the village of Mount Videnitsa Zmeytsa.

In the village Lyubcha folk memory has preserved the memory of the musician Orpheus with the name of the locality Orfenskoto. For Roman rule over the Thracians in the region remained vividly recalls to this day the Roman bridge. Hide yourself in ancient memories, the bridge rises proudly above the river Kardzhadere. Worth, man paused to pass through the bridge and felt that he had split from Bulgarian history, to become part of the army of Khan Krum and Pressian Khan, who often went by him and were for accession to the Rhodopes Bulgarian state in 9c.

One of the most important resources of the municipality are its natural resources. The most - significant among them is Dospat - one of the largest and most beautiful reservoirs in the country.