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Museum of Education, Gabrovo

Museum of Education, Gabrovo
The Museum of Education in Gabrovo is unique in Bulgaria. It is housed in the building of the first Bulgarian high school – Aprilovska High School. The displays in the five exhibition halls follow the development of Bulgarian education from the creation of the Slavic alphabet to the modern educational system through the 1990s. The…
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The Emen Canyon

The Emen Canyon
The Emen Canyon is a scenic location along the Negovanka River, in the foothills of The Central Balkan Range’s northern slope, 20 km from the city of Veliko Turnovo. The constantly flowing river has cut through the valley’s soft limestone to create many rapids, waterfalls, pools and recesses beneath cliffs that rise as high as…
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Kresnensko Defile (Kresna Gorge) – Protected area

Kresnensko Defile (Kresna Gorge) – Protected area
The Kresna Gorge is located in the Blagoevgrad area, south of the town of Kresna. It was formed from the incision of Struma river between the Pirin and Malashevska mountains, where the river sculpted a beautiful 16-kilometer long canyon. The area of the Kresna Gorge is characterized by a typical transitional–Mediterranean climate. The winters are…
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The Plovdiv Museum of Ethnography

The Plovdiv Museum of Ethnography
The Plovdiv Regional Museum of Ethnography is the second largest museum of its kind in Bulgaria. It was founded in 1917, and in 1938 it relocated to the Kuyumdzhiev House in Plovdiv’s Old Town, declared a cultural landmark in the 4th volume of the State Records for 1995. The wealth of items on exhibit represent…
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