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Panagyurishte - Koprivshtitsa

If you are interested in the history of Bulgaria during the struggles for Liberty then visit the town which has turned into a symbol of the National struggle – Panagyurishte. Situated in a small valley in Sredna Gora, Panagyurishte has become the center of the revolutionary events. Here was organized a massive and operational revolutionary organization by the apostles Volov and Benkovski. 10 kilometers to the north-west of the town is located the historical countryside Oborishte where on April 14th, 1876 was summoned the revolutionary committee and the decision was made to proclaim the April uprising. The historical museum in Panagyurishte is entirely devoted to this glorious epoc...

House-museums - Koprivshtitsa

The biggest wealth of Koprivshtitsa is its houses from the Revival period, with their picturesque yards, which are surrounded by high stone walls. Some of the houses are turned into museums. The house-museum of the ideologist of the April uprising – Georgi Benkovski is an interesting architectural monument from the first half of 19th century. It has a symmetric construction the center of which is the projecting onward open-air veranda, which extends inside with the vast hall of the second floor. Here are exhibited the most precious relics from the period of the April epopee – the flag, which is sewed by Rayna Knyaginya and the weapon of the Voivode. Not far from the museum rises th...