Pero Hertsegovinetsa memorial
Photo: botevpat.org
Type: Memorial
Location: Village Chelopek »
In Bulgarian: Паметник на Перо Херцеговинеца »
In the village of Chelopek was made an tourist trail (800 meters long) that starting from the house-museum "Baba Iliytsa", passing through woodland and reaching Krivulyo locality, where the place of death of Pero Hertsegovinetsa voyvoda is located.
Pero Hertsegovinetsa (real name Petar Spasov Simeonov) was one of the leaders in the Botev detachment that, in 1876 enter in Bulgaria from Romania to fight for Liberation of Bulgaria. Pero Hertsegovinetsa is killed on May 21, 1876 in a firefight with the Circassians.
Pero Hertsegovinetsa (real name Petar Spasov Simeonov) was one of the leaders in the Botev detachment that, in 1876 enter in Bulgaria from Romania to fight for Liberation of Bulgaria. Pero Hertsegovinetsa is killed on May 21, 1876 in a firefight with the Circassians.
