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KOPRIVSHTITSA TOWN

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Benkovski House 8

Bridge of the First Shot 4

Church of Sveta Bogoroditsa 2

Debelyanov House 1

Kableshkov House 3

Karavelov House 7

Lyutov House 5

Oslekov House 6

VISITORS’ CHECKLIST

110 km (68 miles) E of Sofia.

* 3,000. £ @ n pl. 20

April, (0359) 7184 2191. ( Fri.

_ Re-enactment of the April

Rising (1–2 May), Intl Folk Festival

(every five years, next in summer

2015). http://www.koprivshtitza.com

Key to Symbols see back flap

View of Koprivshtitsa from

the Benkovski monument

P Karavelov House

bul. Hadzhi Nencho Palaveev 39.

Tel (0359) 7184 2191. # 9:30am–

5:30pm Wed–Mon. &

Home to one of the National

Liberation movement’s key

ideologists, Karavelov House

consists of two separate

build ings. The winter quarters

were con structed in 1810,

while the summer house,

built over the main entrance,

was added in 1835. Lyuben

Karavelov was a prolific

writer, publisher and fervent

revolu tionary, responsible for

publishing two newspapers

out of Bucharest. The printing

press is on display here in

the winter quarters along

with some of the publica tions

he put together with

fellow revolutionaries.

P Benkovski House

ul. Georgi Benkovski 5. Tel (0359)

7184 2030. # 9:30am–5:30pm

Wed–Mon. &

Georgi Benkovski, who was

born as Gavril Hlutev, became

a revolutionary in Romania.

He returned to Koprivshtitsa

in 1875 to form the legendary

“winged” caval ry detachment

that rallied sup port from local

villages during the April

Uprising. This was the Hlutev

family home and the rooms

contain his revolutionary flag,

Winchester rifle and personal

photo graphs. The veranda has

a replica of one of the cherry-

tree cannons used in the

uprising. The granite monu-

ment on the hillside above

the house portrays a cloaked

Benkovski astride a leaping

horse look ing over his shoul-

der to rouse his rebel army.

P Oslekov House
ul. Garanilo 4. n (0885) 743 657.

9:30am–5:30pm Tue–Sun. &

This house was built in 1856
for the wealthy merchant,
Nincho Oslekov. Due to space
restrictions, it is asym metrical,
but is otherwise typical of the
National Revival style, with
separate winter and sum mer
quarters. Murals through out
the building depict places
Oslekov visited while on busi-
ness. Views of European cities
decorate the façade, while on
the walls of the Red Room are
paintings of man sions and the
original symmetrical plan
for the house.

The painted front façade of the
Oslekov House

an exhibition of 18th- and
19th-century grey felt rugs,
made in Koprivshtitsa.

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Railway Station
12 km (7.5 miles)
Bridge of
the First Shot
Top
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Cemetery
Bus
Station
Apriltsi
Mausoleum
Karavelov
House
Debelyanov
House
Church of Sveta
Bogoroditsa
Lyutov
House
Village
School
Narodno-
chitalishte
Oslekov
House
Kableshkov
House
Benkovski
House
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