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  • Writer's pictureStefan Ivanov

The clock tower in Panicheri

Updated: Feb 28, 2023

Dear friends of "Photo moments", let's welcome spring with these wonderful harbingers - the storks!


The clock tower in the village of Panicheri with a stork's nest on top and a stork
Clock tower and stork

The village of Panicheri is a picturesque, green, peaceful Hisar village, in the center of which rises this tall and slender clock tower.


How to reach Panicheri village?

Panicheri is a village in Hisarya municipality, Plovdiv region.

They are located on the road Starosel - Staro Zhelezare.



The village is 15 kilometers (about 14 minutes) from the town of Hisarya.


The clock tower in the village of Panicheri
The clock tower in Panicherry

The main road winds right through the village and you will inevitably notice the proud and slender posture of this beauty, counting down the time precisely from 1981.


The clock tower in the village of Panicheri
The clock tower in Panicherry

There is a large parking lot built opposite the clock tower, so just pull up opposite it, leave your car, walk around, listen to the silence, enjoy the pretty village and maybe if you're lucky, you'll hear the clucking of storks' beaks.


The clock tower in the village of Panicheri with a stork's nest on top and a stork
Stork patterned, long-legged, give it a thump-thump-thump

Every year, in early spring, a pair of beautiful white storks rush back from wintering abroad and resettle in their lovely home at the top of the tower, from where there is an incredible view of the old Balkans - to the north and the fertile fields of Plovdiv - southwards.


The clock tower in the village of Panicheri with a stork's nest on top and a stork

For years the tower has been their familiar native home, where the happy family lays its eggs, where their sweet offspring hatch, where all grow happily together under the hot Thracian sun, where the little ones make their first timid attempts at flying, so that together in the autumn they can set off for distant Africa.


The clock tower in the village of Panicheri

As I already mentioned, the tower was erected in 1981 and financed with personal funds from the 1921 collection.

The clock was restored and restored in May 2021. The sponsor of the restoration is Eng. Tano Neychev, and the restorer is Yanko Malakov.


What can be visited nearby?

3 kilometers from Panicheri (about 4 minutes by car) you will find the village of Staro Zhelezare, where you will have the unique opportunity to inherit art under the open sky.


Staro Zhelezare village
Staro Zhelezare village

About 6 kilometers from Panicheri (about 7 minutes by car) you will find the picturesque village of Starosel.


Church "Holy Sunday" in the village of Starosel
Church "Holy Sunday" in the village of Starosel

15 kilometers from Panicheri (about 14 minutes by car) is the town of Hisarya.


Color inscription Hisarya in the city of Hisarya
Color inscription Hisarya in the city of Hisarya

Drink from Hisarya's many hot mineral springs.


Water kiosk "Momina Banya Colonnade"
Water kiosk "Momina Banya Colonnade"

In the city of Hisarya, you must visit the uniquely well-preserved Roman baths.


Roman baths in the city of Hisaria
Roman baths in the city of Hisaria

Pass under the majestic arch of the main southern gate of the ancient city of Diocletianopol, today called "The Camels".


Main southern fortress gate of the ancient city of Diocletianopol "The Camels" in Hisarya
Main southern fortress gate of the ancient city of Diocletianopol "The Camels"

Stroll past the impressive ruins of the ancient ramparts of Diocletianopol.


The most south-eastern point of the fortress wall of the ancient city of Diocletianopol in Hisarya
The most south-eastern point of the fortress wall of the ancient city of Diocletianopol

The beautiful parks of Hisarya will welcome you with "Welcome"! These are:

Momina salza Park


Momina salza park in Hisarya
Momina salza park in Hisarya

Orpheus dale park


Park "Orpheus dale", where the summer theater is located
Park "Orpheus dale", where the summer theater is located

Momina banya park


Momina banya park in Hisarya
Momina banya park in Hisarya

I wish you an excellent mood!


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