There is a tourist hostel accommodating 40 and the Mil- kana hotel — 2 Bacho Kiro St., two stars, 4 floors, 140 beds, tel. 22-61,
Some 4 km south of Dryanovo in the bosom of the mountains, is the Dryanovo Monastery, founded during the Second Bulgarian State. During the Uprising of April 1876, 200 insurgents, led by the teacher Bacho Kiro and Priest Hariton resisted the 10,000 strong Ottoman army. Their remains are kept in a mausoleum. The two churches St Archangel Michael (1845) and the Assumption are also interesting tourist attractions.
500 metres from the Monastery is Bacho Kiro cave where remains from the Paleolithic Age have been discovered. The cave is well-appointed with electricity and open to visitors.
Near the monastery is a Balkantourist hotel, 2 stars tel. 24-71, accommodating 50, restaurant, national tavema. Near the cave is a tourist chalet, accommodating 100.
A broad branches off south of Dryanovo, leading to the old Bulganan town of Tryavna (pop. 14,000), located amidst picturesque surroundings. During the National Revival the town was a craft and trade centre. Tryavna is situated 432 m above sea level and its clunate is moderate continental.
The Daskalov Museum, with carved wooden ceilings. The Museum of Woodcarving and Icon-painting, with models of the famous Tryavna art school, is also in the building.
The square with its clock tower built in 1814 and bridge are the landmarks of the town.
Slaveikov Museum where the prominent Bulgarian writer and politician Petko Rachov Slaveikov lived from 1853-1879, is also worth a visit. His son, poet Pencho Slaveikov, was born here.
Pencho Raikov Museum, typical Tryavna architecture from the National Revival Period.
AngelKunchev Museum
church of St, Archangel Michael is one of the three churches built late in the 12th century by Assen and Peter to mark their victory in the Tryavna woods in 1190 over Emperor Isaak Angel, The church was extended in 1819 and in 18201821. It was decorated with wood-carvings. Ihe bishop's throne in the church is a masterpiece of engraving. A wooden cross with carved Biblical scenes is in the church.
Church of St Georgi
Church of St Georgi, built in 1842-1852. Its iconostasis is of carved wood.
The town has a hotel — Ralitsa, 2 stars, tel. 22-19 and a comfortable tourist hostel.
8 km before reaching Gabrovo, left of E-85, there is a detour leading to the museum village of Bozhentsi nestling in the Balkan Range. Legend has it that in 1393 sofia sightseeing, when the Ottoman hordes captured the capital of the Second Bulgarian State, Tumovgrad, the population took refuge in the mountains. Among the refuges was the noblewoman Bozhena and her nine sons, and the village was named after her, Bozhentsi's prosperity started in the second half of the 18th century, when art and crafts industries developed such as smithies, weaving and pottery. Its enterprising tradesmen travelled to Romania, Austro- Hungary and Russia. Its prosperous population built two-storey houses with heavy stone roofs, wide wooden verandahs and carved wooden gates.
The village was proclaimed an architectural and historical reserve. The Unions of Architects, Writers and Artists all have buildings here.
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