the city is measured on 20 January 1967 at , and the highest reached both in July and August, most recently on 24 July 2007. Notable locals Constantine Dragaš, 14th-century local Serbian ruler Ilyo Voyvoda (1805–1898), hajduk, revolutionary and Bulgarian liberation fighter (died in Kyustendil) Vladimir Dimitrov (1882–1960), painter Dimitar Peshev (1894–1973), World War II Minister of Justice and Deputy speaker of the Parliament who prevented the deportation of the Bulgarian Jews to Nazi death camps Todor Angelov (1900–1943), communist revolutionary and Belgian resistance fighter Nikolay Diulgheroff (1901–1982), futurist artist Marin Goleminov (1908–2000), composer Irina Taseva (1910–1990), Bulgarian actress Gallery See also FC Velbazhd Kyustendil (Pautalia during World War II) List of Catholic dioceses in Bulgaria References Sources and external links Kyustendil District Administration Provides information about the region, photos, historical review, and development projects Kyustendil tourist destination – tourism opportunities in the Kyustendil region Kustendil Info, Information web Portal of Kyustendil KnCity.info, a website about Kyustendil Kyustendil at Journey.bg Kyustendil at BGGlobe Regional History Museum GCatholic - former (Pautalia) & titular see of Velebusdus Bibliography - ecclesiastical history Pius Bonifacius Gams, Series episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Leipzig 1931, pp. 417 e 432 Daniele Farlati-Jacopo Coleti, Illyricum Sacrum, vol. VIII, Venece 1817, p. 77 e p. 246 Konrad Eubel, Hierarchia Catholica Medii Aevi, vol. 1, p. 130 Jacques Zeiller, Les origines chrétiennes dans les provinces danubiennes de l'empire romain, Paris 1918, p. 160 Spa towns in Bulgaria Populated places in Kyustendil Province Dacia Mediterranea