The village of Paril is located in a mountainous region in the historical-geographical region of Marvashko. It is located at the foot of Tsari Vrah in Slavyanka Mountain and the southern slopes of Pirin Mountain. The Paril saddle divides these two mountains. The village is a starting point for "Slavyanka" hut and for hiking on the mountain of the same name with its natural resources and caves.
History
Paril is a village with a rich historical past. Archaeological remains from different historical epochs have been found in the village. Fortress walls of a Roman settlement and a water supply system have been discovered near the Paril Tower. Even today, old coins are found in the fields, evidence of intensive settlement life. In the XIX century the village was a small purely Bulgarian settlement, belonging to the Nevrokopkaza of the Serressanjak. The church "St. St. Constantine and Helena" was built in the early nineteenth century. In the Ethnography of the Provinces of Adrianople, Monastir and Thessaloniki, published in Constantinople in 1878 and reflecting the statistics of the male population from 1873, Paril is listed as a village with 35 households and 130 Bulgarian inhabitants. In 1889, Stefan Verkovic noted Paril as a homestead with 45 Bulgarian houses. In 1891 Georgi Strezov wrote about the village: "Paril Chiflik, on the south of Gaitaninovo. A few years ago it was a homestead; the peasants bought their land. Agriculture comes first;... It lies in a valley at the foot of Ali Botush. A church where Greek is read. Between Gaitaninovo and Paril Chiflik you can seethe ruins of a castle, which are still called "The Tower". Below are Gradishta. The number of houses amounts to 50; Bulgarian. “ According to the statistical research of Vasil Kanchov, by 1900 the population of the village numbered a total of 300 people, all Bulgarian Christians.". According to the Secretary of the Bulgarian Exarchate Dimitar Mishev in 1905 in Paril live 432 Bulgarians. There is a Bulgarian primary school in the village with 1 teacher and 12 students. At the outbreak of the Balkan War in 1912, six people from the village were volunteers in the Macedonian-Edirne militia.
