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I am really very happy to show you some pics from my home city, where I spent more than a month this summer. 😎 😎 😎

Some first hand info:
The city is located in South Bulgaria, 80 km away from the Turkish and Greek borders, and as per the last census conducted in 2015 the population is about 40 000 people, but I would suggest that it is less. For example I do not live in Dimitrovgrad nearly all my life, but I am been counted all these years as a permanent citizen of the city?!?!

So, Dimitrovgrad is famous in Bulgaria as the first Socialist city built in the late 40-ies, what is the reason to have a Stalinist architecture popularly known as "Stalin Baroque".

Founded in 1947 as planned unification of four villages sitting on the banks of Maritsa river, Dimitrovgrad is famous in Bulgaria as the first Socialist city, what is the reason to have a predominant Stalinist architecture or a one typical for a planned city. The communist government, that was in charge of the country since 1944 till 1989, designed the town as a socialist model city and a modern industrial center. It took the name of the Bulgarian Top Communist leader Georgi Dimitrov.

source: @Steemitworldmap Black arrow points on Dimitrovgrad's location on the map of South East Europe.

Municipality building, one of the tallest in the city

The courts of Justice

The main pedestrian and shopping street

"The Stalinist Baroque" architecture

The main square with the monument of the Builders of Dimitrovgrad

It looks like street cafes occupy all pedestrian streets in Bulgaria, so my home city is not an exemption!

The end of the pedestrian street. The yellow colored buildings are my favorite in the city.

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This is our landmark. The old Water Tower.

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Post Office building

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Railroad station as Dimitrovgrad is transportation hub. South-North and West-East rail roads connect here.

The first city cimena

...and the square by the cinema

Yeap, soo many communist buildings in the city!!!

From the top of this building I will take some pics to show you the city from a bird view.

Detailed post from this building
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Street view of the borough with private houses

My lovely high school, memories will last forever...

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"Neohim"-the chemical Plant and the main reason for existence of Dimitrovgrad.

So, there was a task before the Communist government to create a modern industrial center for Bulgaria. That is how with the help of USSR started the industrialization of Bulgaria, and the plant was built in a few months. The new opportunities served as a magnet and help attract many people from rural areas to come and settle down in the city. In these years the city was a booming one, what is hard to say about the nowadays situation.

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Transcontinental Railroad, that connects Europe with Asia

That is my bonus pic 🌟🌟 The garden in our house. Summer time it has to be irrigated on a daily basis, and it is time consuming work, but in the end it is worthy. It is always such a great pleasure to take a nap under the shadows of the vine tree...
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