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Dolna Oriahovitsa's Ethnographic Museum

Sat, 24 Jan 2009 14:34:00 +0200

Dolna Oriahovitsa’s ethnographic museum is part of the Gorna Oriahovitsa history museum. It is situated on 21 Georgi S. Rakovski street. The house of Kozlevi family has turned into the home of the museum. Kozlevi’s house has been named monument of culture and carries this status since 1970. An exposition hall, as well as several agriculture-related rooms can be explored on the ground floor. A children’s room was preserved on the second floor. The yard features numerous plants typical for the region. The museum preserves over 1000 exhibition items connected to history and folklore. Unique items connected to gardening in the 19th and 20th centuries can be seen as well. Local gardeners were known as some of the best both in Bulgaria and beyond the borders of the country.

Gorna Oriahovitsa History Museum

Fri, 22 Aug 2008 13:48:00 +0300

What started as an ethnographic collection turned into Gorna Oriahovitsa’s history museum in 1962. The building today has exhibition area of 500 sq m. Neolithic ceramics dishes, ancient coins, folklore costumes, icons, revival period documents and photographs from Gorna Oriahovitsa can all be explored there. Exhibition items exceed 10 000 and the museum’s library contains nearly 5000 works. In 2006, the museum presented its Vices expositions, displaying traditions connected to some forbidden temptations. Other collections present old radios and communication devices. Gorna Oriahovitsa’s museum also has a collection of 600 clocks. The eight collection part of the Vice series is to see popularity in the summer of 2008. Four other theme exhibitions are to take place. Gorna Oriahovitsa museum has several branches among which the ethnographic...

Gorna Oriahovitsa

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 16:13:00 +0300

The region where the town of Gorna Oriahovitsa is situated today has been populated in the distant past. Gorna Oriahovitsa is situated in northern Bulgaria, few kilometers away from Arbanasi and very near Veliko Turnovo. A settlement was created in the area in the fifth millennium BC. Archaeologists found utensils and richly decorated pottery showing that ancient people were involved in agriculture and breeding. A Thracian tribe settled in the area later on. Thracians created a sanctuary in the region of Kovanchoukourou (bee place). A monastery church is situated there now. Silver coins show that Alexander the Great visited the region in the fourth century BC. In the first century BC, a settlement appeared where the Thracian village was situated. People living there started growing grapes and producing wine. In the end of the 12th century, a fortress was created four km...