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Bacho Kiro cave
Category: Cave in Dryanovo
Bacho Kiro cave is located in the region of Dryanovo Monastery (south-west of town of Dryanovo), in the picturesque canyon of Andaka river and Dryanovska river. The cave is first electrified cave in Bulgaria (1964).Bacho Kiro cave is a complicated, four storey labyrinth of galleries and branches ar...

Bojentsi

Bojentsi Historical and architectural reserve
Category: Old architecture in Bojentsi
Village of Bojentsi (aka Bojentsite) is located 16 km. east of Gabrovo. This is one of the few villages in Bulgaria, which has preserved all its view from the period of Bulgarian Renaissance. The houses and buildings in the village have been renovated to their view from XVIII century.The houses are ...

Dryanovo

Church Saint Nikola
Category: Church in Dryanovo
The church St Nikola is located at the center of Dryanovo. It was built in 1851 from the great Bulgarian builder master Kolyu Ficheto and has elements typical for his style. The church wall-paintings dates from 1926, and three of the icons were made by Stanislav Dospevski, one of the most notable Bu...

Dryanovo

Relief Map of Bulgaria
Category: Attraction in Dryanovo
This Relief Map of Bulgaria is located in the center of Dryanovo, in the park of Maksim Raykovich Secondary School. The map was made in 1962 by Bonka Tihova, a teacher in geography in the same school, and 3 of her students.It is 6.90 meters long and 4.30 meters wide, made by cement, in scale 1:100 ...

Batoshevo

Batoshevo male monastery "Uspenie Bogorodichno"
Category: Monastery in Batoshevo
There are 2 monasteries in the lands of the village of Batoshevo - the Male monastery "Uspenie Bogorodichno", located on the left bank of Rositsa river, high in Sevlievo mountain (4-5 km South-West of the village), and the Nunnery "Vavedenie Bogorodichno", situated in the village...

Tryavna

Museum of Asian and African Art
Category: Museum in Tryavna
Museum of Asian and African Art in Tryavna is a unique for Bulgaria art museum. It is housed in the building of the old Tryavna public bath (on the riverside). There are exhibited more than 200 art works originating from Tibet, Nepal, China, India and some African countries. The collection is a part...

Gabrovo

Architectural-ethnographic complex Etura
Category: Museum in Gabrovo
The architectural ethnographic complex Etura is situated at the distance of 8 km south of the town of Gabrovo in the immediate proximity of the Etara quarter and past the Sivek River (at the distance of 3 km from the road-fork to Shipka). The complex disposes an area of 60 decares an is uniqu...

Gabrovo

House-museum Dechkova kashta
Category: Museum in Gabrovo
House-museum Dechkova kashta is located in town of Gabrovo. It is an old (constructed in 1835) and well restored in old style building. The house is a monument of culture. It shows a museum exhibition related to the life from the end of 19th century, telling about the life of town’s leaders, men...

Gabrovo

Gabrovo-Sokolski monastery "Assumption of Virgin Marry"
Category: Monastery in Gabrovo
The Gabrovo-Sokolski monastery "Assumption of Virgin Marry" ("Uspenie bogorodichno") is located about 12 km south of Gabrovo and 4 km south-west of the Ethnographic museum complex Etara. The monastery was founded in 1833 by Joseph Sokolsky (Archimandrite Joseph), who came here ...

Gabrovo

National Museum of Education
Category: Museum in Gabrovo
The National Museum of Education is located in town of Gabrovo, in the building of the "Aprilov High-School" (constructed in 1873). The museum was created in 1974 and aims to keep the history of Bulgarian education and to show its development until today. The museum funds includes over 6,0...

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Enchovtsi

Church The Assumption of Holy Mary
Category: Church in Enchovtsi
The Church "Holy Assumption" in village of Enchevtsi was declared a cultural monument of national importance. The temple was built by the prominent master from Tryavna - Usta Dimitar Sergiov. The iconostasis was made by pop Koyo Vitanov - one of the most eminent icon-painters. Today the...

Zaya

Kaleto fortress
Category: Fortress in Zaya
The ruins of Kaleto fortress near village of Zaya are located about 300 meters south-west of the village. The castle was built on a promontory formed by the northern branch at the height of "Karuka", pressed between Dryanovska River and its tributary "Karashki dol". Most likely, ...

Dryanovo

Lafchieva House-museum
Category: Museum in Dryanovo
The Lafchieva House is situated in town of Dryanovo. it is an unique architectural complex - the only preserved three storey residential building from the Revival in Bulgaria. It is built around 1840 by Kolyu Gaidardjiyata (a local master-builder) and is famous with the fact the whole construction w...

Gabrovo

Ski resort of Uzana
Category: Ski resort in Gabrovo
The resort area of Uzana is situated 22 km south of town of Gabrovo at around 1200 meters above sea level, between the national parks Central Balkan and Bulgarka. The area is charming with the crystal clear air, marvelous nature and serenity. Here lies the geographic center of Bulgaria, marked with ...

Dryanovo

Ikonomova house-museum
Category: Museum in Dryanovo
The Iconomova House is one of the both preserved houses, made by master Kolyo Ficheto (other is located in Veliko Tarnovo - "The House With The Monkey"). The house was built in 1851 by a order of the Dryanovo priest - Vasil Ikonomov. The Ikonomova House is a pattern for the creative point ...

Sevlievo

Architectural - ethnographic complex Dandolovi houses
Category: Old architecture in Sevlievo
"Dandolov houses" in town of Sevlievo is a complex of three typical houses and workshops in Vazrojdenski style, wich are gathered under one roof. The building dates from 1870 and is restored in 1981. Nowadays the complex houses exhibitions of the Historical Museum Sevlievo - "Rural...

Dryanovo

History Museum of Dryanovo
Category: Museum in Dryanovo
The historical museum of Dryanovo is located in central part of the town, opposite the Lafchieva House and the monument of Kolyu Ficheto. The museum was opened in 1970. Its expositions keep the historical and ethnographic heritage of the region of Dryanovo. The museum included the next museum exp...

Tryavna

Church St.Archangel Mikhail
Category: Church in Tryavna
St. Archangel Michael Church in town of Tryavna was built to commemorate the victory of the Bulgarian Kings Assen and Peter over the army of Emperor Isaac II Angelos in year of 1192. Like lots of other old churches in Bulgaria, it was demolished during the Ottoman rule and restored again later - ...

Tryavna

Museum of woodcarving and icon painting and the Old School
Category: Museum in Tryavna
Museum of woodcarving and icon painting in town of Tryavna is housed in the building of тхе "Old School" (Daskalovata house) - the first secular school in Bulgaria. This is the only museum of woodcarving in the country.There are exhibited collections of interesting antique clocks, paint...

Bojentsi

"The Prophet Elijah" church
Category: Church in Bojentsi
The Church "Prophet Elijah" in Bojentsi was built in 1835. It has three naves, with massive stone walls, arches and domes, hidden under the sloping roof. One of the peculiarities of the church in Bozhentsi is its slightly inclined floor front of the altar, decorated with wooden iconostasis...

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