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Brodilovo, Beradiu, Brodivo, Pordicos. The village is situated
on the left bank of Veleka River by a ford which gave it the name and 20km south
of Tsarevo.
There are three forts in Bordilovo region. First is in the
south of the village. It is on a hill dominates the area called “Kaleto”. The
second one is in a site of “Peftich” and 1km west of Brodilovo. The wall is from
stones without plaster. There is a fort in the site of “Plakata”. It was
surrounded by a moat. In the southeast of the village there are remains of an
old church which gave the name of the place Paleoklios. Here the wall is from
stones with white plaster. There are three tumulus necropolis and signs from
metallurgic activities. The earliest mentioning of the village is in the salt
trade documents from 1498. There are 32 households counted. It was found in the
register of Anhialo region from XVII too. The village was marked as Brodivo on
the map of Heinrich Kiepert from the end of the last century.
Until 12th July 1914 the inhabitants of the village
were Greek fire-dancers. There was a chapel in the house of the oldest one
Georgi Gligor.
After the wars Brodilovo was inhabited by Bulgarian refugees
from East Trace.