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It is consecrated by five Metropolitans on 23rd of June, 2007. Thirty-four donors from the municipality contributed to its construction. The so-called “White Church” rises in the middle of a courtyard with tall trees, scenic alleys and benches. The temple is painted in Neo-Byzantine style. In the altar space, in a special niche of the…
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Built between 1860 and 1863 by the local master Vuno Markov. The construction, mural painting and wood carving are done with voluntary resources and labour of the local people. Today it is one of the oldest preserved buildings in Botevgrad. In its place, there was an ancient chapel, whose foundation the church “St. George” was…
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Its beginning was set in 1884 when a group of local teachers with Renaissance enthusiasm founded Napredak Community Centre. Among them were Dimitar Tsokov, Nikola Cholakov, and Georgi Petrov. They distributed books, newspapers and magazines, organized readings, talks and fairy tales. In 1888 the community centre ceased its activity for a short time. After 1904,…
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Community culture centre “Subuzhdane 1895” was founded on 3rd of March 1895 in the village of Vrachesh on the initiative of the teacher-priest Todor Vassilev Krilatski who was elected for a chairman of the Community culture centre. The community centre brings its name Subuzhdane ( meaning awakening) from its foundation until today. Thirty-seven books set…
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“Nikola Rakitin 1890” Community culture centre was founded in 1890 under the name “Izvor”. In 1971 it was renamed on the name of Nikola Vassilev Rakitin – a poet, born in the village of Trudovets. In 1970, the new building was built with a contractor, the General direction of Construction Troops – Botevgrad division. The…
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The Community culture centre in the village of Skravena was founded on 19th of February 1906 in an old style – the day of the Bulgarian liberation, whose name is the same until today (new style 3rd of March). For more than a century, it has conserved the Bulgarian traditions and at the same time…
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The monastery was founded in the 13th century during the Second Bulgarian Kingdom. In the 15th century, it was burned down and rebuilt. In the 17th century, it was a literary centre with a church school. A preserved note dated the 17th century testifies to active literary activity during the period of the yoke, after…
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