Old Town Tryavna
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Tryavna - a small town in Central Bulgaria, which is located near the town of Gabrovo. Here, a high concentration of monuments of architecture and building skill of the Bulgarian Revival period. Tryavnensky center - an architectural reserve, which includes about a hundred unique buildings. The city is famous tryavnenskih school masters, oldest and most famous among the other schools of the Revival period.

The researchers note that the most noticeable mark on the history of the territory left by the ancient Thracians. As the Bulgarian settlement the city has existed since the mid-12th century, when he was named Trnava. The most rapid flowering of the city experienced in the 18-19 centuries, when actively developed crafts, trade and cultural activities.

Tryavna attractive for its old buildings, homes, museums, narrow streets, the state of which vigilantly administration. On the square of Nikola dyado it is planted in the 12th century Church of the Archangel Michael, around the town and began to grow. The monument of architecture and building skill of national importance - old clock tower twenty meters - rises in the city center.

Many house museums located in Tryavna. Daskalov house, built in the early 19th century, is famous because of its ceiling covered with unique carvings. A rich collection of paintings by Bulgarian artists exhibited in Kalincheve house. Slaveikovo House Museum, the classics of the national literature, located on the street named Petko Slaveikov. The city was created only in Bulgaria Museum of woodcarving. At the old school, which is also a museum, a lot of the exhibits demonstrate the process of learning in the 19th century. In addition, the city is a museum of African and Asian countries, which presents rare samples of culture and art of these parts of the world. It is the only museum in the Balkans, a similar profile.

Its museum has tryavnenskaya icon painting school. It is located on the outskirts of Tryavna in a church building. Nearby is the house-museum of the famous figure of the Bulgarian liberation movement Angel Kanchev.

The bridge over the river, which is also a monument of architecture, leads to the oldest city in the shopping street. There are many handicraft shops, souvenir shops and art galleries.

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