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 "license": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
 "id": "kazanlak-bg",
 "type": "Origin",
 "version": 1,
 "updated": "2026-09-30",
 "station": 1,
 "confidence": "A",
 "sources": [
  "HV-1",
  "GEO-1",
  "TZ-1"
 ],
 "place": {
  "value": "Kazanlak, Rose Valley (Rozovata Dolina)",
  "evidence": "documented",
  "source": "GEO-1",
  "where": "data/1b/harvest.json:31",
  "confidence": "A",
  "note": "the place name as data/1b/harvest.json spells it; the Wikidata item is Q192926 Kazanlak"
 },
 "region": {
  "value": "the Valley of Roses (Rozovata Dolina), Central Bulgaria, at elevations between 370 and 625 m",
  "evidence": "documented",
  "source": "HV-1",
  "where": "docs/sources/HV-1-eu-pgi-bulgarsko-rozovo-maslo.md:25",
  "confidence": "A",
  "quote": "The Damask rose is traditionally grown in the Valley of Roses (Rozovata Dolina) in Central Bulgaria at elevations between 370 and 625 m.",
  "date": "2014-04-25"
 },
 "country": {
  "value": "Bulgaria",
  "evidence": "documented",
  "source": "GEO-1",
  "where": "data/1b/harvest.json:32",
  "confidence": "A"
 },
 "coordinates": {
  "lat": 42.61875,
  "lon": 25.39324,
  "precision": "a representative point for the town (Wikidata P625), not a field",
  "ref": "Wikidata Q192926 (Kazanlak) P625",
  "evidence": "documented",
  "source": "GEO-1",
  "where": "data/1b/harvest.json:35",
  "confidence": "A"
 },
 "tz": {
  "value": "Europe/Sofia",
  "evidence": "documented",
  "source": "TZ-1",
  "where": "data/1b/harvest.json:38",
  "confidence": "A",
  "quote": "BG\t+4241+02319\tEurope/Sofia"
 },
 "harvest_windows": [
  {
   "botanical": "rosa-damascena",
   "months": [
    5,
    6
   ],
   "months_stated": [
    5
   ],
   "duration_days": [
    20,
    30
   ],
   "daily_window": {
    "start": "05:00-06:00",
    "end": "11:00-12:00",
    "quote": "The picking of rose blossom begins at 5-6 a.m. and continues until 11-12 noon."
   },
   "text": "Picking starts in May and lasts 20–30 days · from 5–6 a.m. to about noon",
   "evidence": "documented",
   "source": "HV-1",
   "where": "data/1b/harvest.json:46",
   "quote": "The picking of rose blossom usually begins in May, starting in fields at elevations of 300-400 m above sea-level and continuing for about 20-25 days, when the rose blossoms have attained the required maturity and have 14-40 pinkish red petals and a pleasant and characteristic fragrance.",
   "note": "June is derived: the document says the season starts in May and runs 20–25 (section 3.5) or 20–30 days (section 5.2); the \"text\" is the page’s corrected wording (claims.csv rows 1452 and 2310)",
   "confidence": "A"
  }
 ],
 "traditions": {
  "value": null,
  "evidence": null,
  "source": null,
  "where": null,
  "confidence": null,
  "note": "HV-1 has a traditions section (the Rose Festival, the picking customs) that lane F did not quote; nothing is filed until a sentence is quoted"
 },
 "botanicals": [
  "rosa-damascena"
 ],
 "media": [
  "mat1",
  "s5-dive"
 ],
 "links": {
  "essay": "/materials#origin-rose",
  "globe": "/materials#global-origins",
  "map": "/materials#world-map",
  "harvest_table": "/materials#global-origins"
 },
 "copy": {
  "lede": "Kazanlak is in the Valley of Roses, Rozovata Dolina, in central Bulgaria, where the damask rose is grown at elevations between 370 and 625 m. Picking begins in May and runs for 20 to 30 days, from 5 or 6 in the morning until 11 or 12.",
  "body": [
   "The Bulgarian rose oil made here is a protected name in the EU register; the picking window and the elevations above are its own words. The point on the map is a representative point for the town from Wikidata, not a field, and the clock beside it is local time: a fact, not a claim about the harvest."
  ]
 }
}