Parvenets, Plovdiv Province Parvenets, Plovdiv Province Parvenets () is a village in the Plovdiv Province, Southern Bulgaria. It is part of the Rodopi municipality. As 2008 the village has 3,463 inhabitants. Parvenets has a strategic situation on the Varlishtitsa River and lies at only 10 km to the south of Plovdiv. It borders the villages of Markovo, Brestovitsa, Hrabrino and the city of Plovdiv (Komatevo neighbourhood) which is at 3 km. The village is situated at an altitude of 433m. Parvenets has a rich history. From the Antiquity and the Middle Ages and especially during the Bulgarian National Revival the village is a
Plovdiv founded in the late 19th century. It possesses 5,000 pieces of art in four buildings. Since 1981, it has had a section for Mexican art donated by Mexican painters in honour of the 1,300-year anniversary of the Bulgarian State. On 5 September 2014, Plovdiv was selected as Bulgarian host of European Capital of Culture in 2019. The city will co-host the event with Matera and another city (yet to be decided). After Plovdiv was elected as European Capital of Culture in 2019, an ambitious cultural program has started its realisation. According to this program, there will be an Island of