page_title: Parvomay
section_title: Civic and educational buildings
hierarchical_section_title: Parvomay / Civic and educational buildings
caption_attribution_description: English: Theatre in the centre of Parvomay town
context_page_description: Parvomay is a town, part of the municipality of the same name in southern Bulgaria. It is located in Plovdiv Province, close to the towns Sadovo and Chirpan. The word literally means First of May, i.e., May Day, in English and is sometimes transliterated as Parvomai or Purvomai.
  As with many places in Bulgaria, the town has other names, such as its old name of Borisovgrad, as well as Borisovgrad, Borissograd, Borissovgrade, or Borissowgrad. Until 1894, it was known by its Turkish names of Hadzi Ejles, Hadzi-Ele, Hadzi-Jeiles, Khadzhi Eiles, or Khadzhi-Eles.
context_section_description: Just after the opening of the Post Office in 1881, in 1882, the first hospital in Parvomay opened with one doctor and 10 hospital beds, and in 1886 the first doctors clinic. Today, Parvomay hospital is located just to the southwest of the town centre and a sizable medical centre just to the north of the centre. Parvomay Theatre (also the St. Cyril and Methodius Community Center) is located in parkland in the centre of the Town. Following the 1928  that destroyed many buildings including the Court House, a fund was set up to construct a new building. Justice Kachakova Jordan, who was born in Byala Reka, near Parvomay assisting in the fund raising. The small but impressive building was constructed in the centre of Parvomay in 1932 and has jurisdiction for the whole of the Parvomay Municipality.
   
  Parvomay town has two secondary schools – the School of Professional (economy, ecology, machinery) agriculture called "Vasil Levski" to the northeast of the centre, on Bratya Miladinovi street and "School Prof. Dr. Zlatarov " on  Kocho Chestimenski street to the west of the town centre. There are 2 main schools: the School "St. Cyril and Methodius" and "PS Georgi Karaslavov". 2 primary schools: "Hristo Botev" on Hristo Botev St, just south of the town centre and "Vasil Levski" and four kindergartens (nurseries)- "Kindergarten 8th of March", "Kindergarten Maritsa", "Kindergarten Spring" and "Kindergarten Radost". All of the schools in the Town of Parvomay were extensively renovated in 2010 by the municipality. The village of Iskra to the south of Parvomay has Otets Paisiy Primary school, "Ivan Vazov" Community Center and "Iskra" Kindergarten. The Village of Bryagovo has "Razvitie" Community Center and the Village of Dragoynovo "Petar Delchev Orlovski" Community Center.
caption: Parvomay Theatre & St. Cyril and Methodius
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