Quick facts about town of Lukovit
In Bulgarian Alphabets: Луковит
Location: North-Central Bulgaria
Distance to capital city: 90 km from Sofia
Latitude: 43.2 N
Longitude: 24.167 E
Altitude: 100 - 199 m above the sea level
Province: Lovech District
Municipality: Lukovit Municipality
Area size of town of Lukovit: 89.115 sq km
Population: 9 698 inhabitants (to 01/01/2007)
Post code (ZIP): 5770
Phone code: 0697 from Bulgaria; 00359697 from outside.

History
There are traces of Thracian, Roman, Byzantine and Old Bulgarian periods. Many rings, fibulas, earrings, ceramic articles and objects and the famous Lukovit silver treasure dating back to the 4th century BC (exhibited in the museum collection of the Community Cultural Centre) were found in the numerous Thracian mounds scattered in the area. A treasure of Roman coins was also found. Byzantine coins dating back to the 12th century as well as coins from the reign of Tsar Ivan Alexander (1330 - 1371) were found at the Gradishte Hill. The settlement was mentioned in a document dating back to 1479 under the name of Gorni Lukovit. At the end of 17th century the Turkish troops, defeated near Vienna and Belgrade ruined it in their retreat and forced a lot of the inhabitants to convert to Islam.
The nearby Karlukovski Monastery, where Sofronii Vrachanski found shelter and worked for the benefit of his people, promoted Bulgarian spirit. The national defenders Angel Voivoda and Vulchan Voivoda were active in the region. The Apostle Vassil Levski founded a revolutionary committee in Gorni Lukovit. The Revival upsurge found its reflection in the construction of the first school in 1849. After 18th century Lukovit was the largest village in the Pre-Balkan region and was famous with its 14 water mills on the river Panega. The Orthodox Bulgarians mainly bred cattle, while the Bulgarian Mohammedan grew vegetables. After the Liberation in 1878 the village was proclaimed a town under the name of Lukovit. The crafts declined as elsewhere in Bulgaria after the markets in the Ottoman Empire were lost. The town made some progress in its development after the railway line Cherven Bryg - Zlatna Panega was constructed.

Landmarks
There is a Historical museum collection, housed in the Suznanie Popular Library house, established in 1895. St. Georgi Church is situated in the centre of Lukovit, on the left bank of the river.

Surrounding areas
The most important archaeological excavations are situated on the Gradishteto Hill.
The karst gorge of Zlatna Panega River is south of Lukovit. The Iskara Resort covers a large area and is about 10 km south-west of the town. The karst earth depths host numerous precipices and caves, some 150 of them already explored. Most famous among them are Prohodna Cave, Temnata Dupka Cave (the dark hole), Kucheshkata Dupka Cave (the dog's hole), etc. Here is also the village of Karloukovo (12 km away from the town, regular bus transport to the village is available), where the Assumption Karloukovo Monastery is situated. Nearby are the rock churches St. Marina and St. Grigorii.
Within this region is the Karloukovo gorge of Iskar river, some 30 km long, beginning from the town of Roman and going down almost to Cherven Bryag. The gorge has very interesting rock formations, the most spectacular of them being The Dolls, situated east of the station of Resselets.