Slatino, Kyustendil Province


Slatino is a village in Boboshevo Municipality, Kyustendil Province, south-western Bulgaria. As of 2013 it has 417 inhabitants. The villages is situated in the valley of the river Dzherman near the western foothills of the Rila mountain range.
The Slatino furnace model, an ancient ceramic artefact, was excavated at an archeological site near Slatino in the remains of a dwelling dated from the Eneolithic period. In the Middle Ages the village was part of the Bulgarian Empire. In the 14th century Rila Charter of Emperor Ivan Shishman the surrounding lands were listed as a possession of the Rila Monastery.

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