Marasha

On the south bank of the Maritsa River is the Marasha neighbourhood, a familiar appellation of a central urban area in Plovdiv. It spreads from the Seminary in the east to the Rowing Channel in the west, to the Bunardzhika and Sahat tepe in the south. Historically, Marasha is the most remarkable urban territory in Plovdiv along with the three hills of the Old Town. A number of urban sites are in its territory: the Unification square with the monument of the Unification of Bulgaria, the Dondukov park, the Thursday Market, the Imaret Mosque architectural monument, the neighbourhood Jewish Mahala, etc.