Nave Of The Church Of The Assumption In Koprivshtitsa, Bulgaria
this beautiful church dates from 1817 with an iconostasis created by the wood carving artist hasji georgi in 1821 and many icons including some by zahari zograf, Joan kableshkov and father ivancho. many famous citizens are buried in the graveyard. koprivshtitsa is one of the most picturesque town in Bulgaria. it has many colourful national revival buildings from the 19th. century. it is about 100 miles from Sofia and straddles the river topolnitsa. it is famous historically as the place where the first shot was fired in the 1867 against the ottoman occupation. kalachev most, shooters bridge commemorates this. since 1956 there has been a national festival of Bulgarian folklore which takes place every 5 years. koprivshtitsa is a centre for hiking and sightseeing in the sredna gora mountains
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Location: Koprivshtitsa Bulgaria
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