Georgi Benkovski House Museum

Koprivshtitsa - G. Benkovski and L. Karavelov

Koprivshtitsa - the museum town

Georgi Benkovski - (1843 -- 12 May 1876) was the pseudonym of Gavril Gruev Hlatev, a Bulgarian revolutionary and leading figure in the organization and direction of the Bulgarian anti-Ottoman April Uprising of 1876 and apostle of its 4th Revolutionary District. During the April Uprising his cavalry detachment, known as The Flying Band, toured the entire region tirelessly, mobilizing many insurgents and playing an important part in the fighting for Bulgarian freedom.
Lyuben Karavelov - born 1834 in Koprivshtitsa in family of Stoicho Karavela and Nedelia Doganska. He and his brother Petko Karavelov are known as people who had dedicated their whole lives to Bulgaria. Lyuben Karavelov - as a publicist, journalist, revolutionary and writer and Petko Karavelov - as a politician (he was Minister of Finance and Prime Minister of the country).

Архитектурно-исторически резерват - град Копривщица

Архитектурно-исторически резерват -- град Копривщица (25)

Koprivshtitsa - The Bulgarian magic lives here! / Копривщица - магията на България!

Koprivshtitsa is a small historic town in central Bulgaria, lying on the Topolnitsa River among the Sredna Gora mountain. The town is still preserving the atmosphere of the Bulgarian National Revival period of the 19th century. The town is huddled in the mountain-folds, 111 km east of Sofia. Koprivshtitsa boasts a large number of architectural monuments from the period, 383 in all, most of which have been restored to their original appearance. Collections of ethnographical treasures, old weapons, National Revival works of art, fine fretwork, household weaves and embroidery, national costumes and typical Bulgarian jewelry have also been preserved. It was here that the first shot of the April Uprising against the Ottoman domination was fired in 1876.