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Central Northern Bulgaria >> Tryavna
It is situated at the distance of 242 km north-east of Sofia, 22 km east of Gabrovo, 17 km south of Dryanovo, at 42 km south-west of Veliko Turnovo.. Cradle of the unique in its kind Revival Art School -the Tryavna School.
History. According to the legend, the settlement originated from the 12th century during the reign of the Assen Dynasty. The youngest brother Kaloyan erected the St. Archangel Michail Church in the area of Tryavna (named after the resilient grass around), around which a whole village gradually grew up. During the Ottoman Rule, Tryavna was a privileged settlement, whose inhabitants guarded the pass through the Balkan to Odrin and Istanbul. The settlement reached prosperity at the end of the 17th and at the beginning of the 18th century when the crafts, the applied arts and the trade established themselves on the market. The influence of the representatives of Tryavna Art School is strongly felt. Masons built beautiful houses, schools and churches. Icon-painters ornamented them with icons and mural paintings and joiners (woodcarvers) completed their work with unparalleled altars, ceilings and windows. Felix Kanits who visited the town in 1872 called in the "Bulgarian Nuernberg". A lot of Tryavna citizens took an active part in the struggles for an independent Bulgarian church, for national awareness and liberation. The town is the birthplace of Levski's associate Angel Kunchev. Petko R. Slaveikov lived there, too and his eminent son, the poet Pencho R Slaveikov was born in Tryavna. The exceptionally healthy climate and the divine countryside of Tryavna made it a paramount resort as early as in 1896. Later on, the first in our country children's sanatorium for chest diseases was built up here with a donation from Tsaritsa loana (wife of Tsar Boris III).
Landmarks. Tryavna has preserved its Revival appearance even today. The old part was proclaimed an architecture reserve with about 140 monuments of Revival architecture. The brightest evidence of it are the ensembles at Dyado Nikola Square, R R. Slaveikov Street, Peter Bogdanov Street, Kachunska Mahala (quarter). The Daskalov's House (1804) is incomparable (27A, R R. Slaveikov Street, tel.: 0677 2166), in which the Museum of Woodcarving and Icon-Painting is located. The two magnificent wood-carved ceilings created by Dimitur Oshanina and Ivan Bochukovetsa in 1808 after a bet made between them. The Tryavna School of Icon-Painting Museum (1, Breza Street, tel.: 0677 3753) contains over 160 icons. The Slaveikov's House Museum (1830, 50, P R. Slaveikov, tel.: 0677 2206). Angel Kunchev House-museum and monument (39, Angel Kunchev Street). The House of Dyado (Grandfather) Dobri (1834). Popangelov's House (from the end of the 18th century) - the oldest in the town. Raikov's House (1846, 1, Prof. Pencho Raikov Street). St. Archangel Mihail Church dating back to 1819 with its magnificent richly carved iconostasis (work of Vitan Koyuv-Junior), the unusually beautiful bishop's throne made by Priest Koyu Vitanov about 1821. The church possesses a relic -over-throne cross of palisander wood carved with 12 scenes from the Bible. St. Georgi Church (1848-1852) has a remarkable iconostasis, work of the masters Dimitur Deikov and Nikola Dragoshinov (1852). In Shkoloto (The School) Museum (7, Captain Dyado Nikola Square) there are permanent exhibitions, among which the donation of the world famous Bulgarian painter Dimitur Kazakov stands out. The exhibits in the collection "Time-measuring devices and technology of Medieval times up to the end of the 19th century" are quite original. The Clock Tower (1814, in the central Captain Dyado Nikola Square). The upper bridge (1844). The Totyo Gubenski Art Gallery in the ancient Kalinchev's house (45, R R. Slaveikov) dates back to 1830. It is in possession of 500 pictures donated by the collector Gubenski. The Ivan Popdimitrov House-Museum (P. R.Slaveikov Street) with pictures, donated by his grandson. There is a permanent exhibition, too - a donation by the sculptor Ivan Kolev. Every odd year on 26th and 27th May Slaveikov's Days are held here including various cultural events. The town is host of the unique in the country International Plain-Air Painting on Wood Plastics "Bet in Tryavna", which is held each year.
Accommodation. Brushlyan Hotel-Restaurant, known also as the Tourist House (above the town, 6, Panorama Street, offers 10 beds in 5 double rooms). Ralitsa Hotel-Restaurant. The Tiger Hotel (7A, Dimitur Gorov Street, offers 4 double rooms). Tryavna Hotel-Restaurant (46, Angel Kanchev Street, offers 100 beds in 4 suites and in 1-, 2- and 3-bed rooms). There are other private hotels as well.
Tourist information - at the Municipal Tourist Information Bureau (5350 Tryavna, 22, Angel Kunchev Street, tel. /fax: 0677 2247). Planinets Tourist Association. At the hotels.
Transport. Bus and railway transport. There are regular bus lines of Gabrovo, Dryanovo, Plachkovtsi, Veliko Turnovo and other smaller settlements within the region. The bus station (2A, Stara Planina Street) and the railway station (tel.: 0677 2510) are next to each other and they are located in the northern part of the town. Tryavna is a station on the main railway line Rousse - Gorna Oryahovitsa - Stara Zagora - Podkova.
Surrounding areas. The recreation town of Plachkovtsi (at the distance of 7 km to the south of Tryavna) is an important point of departure for the Tryavna Balkan Mountain (refer to the Stara Planina related chapter herein). The natural phenomena Vikanata Skala Muhnatite Skali (the Mossy Rocks) and Stolishta are located here. There is a tourist house, too. There is a bus and railway transport functioning between the two towns. The village of Bozhentsi - Architecture and Ethnographic Reserve (at the distance of 28 km west along the road to Dryanovo; on foot it may be reached at about 1 -1.30 hours from the Sechen Kamuk Hill on the road to Gabrovo) - almost all the buildings were built during the 18th and mainly during the 19th century in the typical of this region of Bulgaria Revival style. In Bozhentsi one is carried away into the past and finds out an unsuspected idyll and calmness among the spirituality of the old houses. There is a museum, too. Every year in the beginning of September the village hosts a plain-air "Autumn in Bozhentsi", and from June to September - an exhibition-bazaar of works of art is held there, too. It is possible to find accommodation in some of the houses - Ivan Karadimitrov's House (19th century), Maria Savekova's House (18th-19th century), Tsana Mihova's House (19th century), Ivantsa Boncheva's House (20th century), Parlapanov's House. There is a regular bus transport from Gabrovo and Dryanovo. Patterns of ancient architecture are preserved in the near small villages of Skortsi, Dobrevtsi, Kereni, Kissiitsi, Genchevtsi. There are regular buses from Tryavna.
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