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Zheravna Architectural Reserve and Yordan Yovkov House
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National Tourist Site

Zheravna Architectural Reserve and Yordan Yovkov House

A Balkan village of wooden Revival houses and the birthplace of the writer Yordan Yovkov.

National Tourist Site

About Zheravna Architectural Reserve and Yordan Yovkov House

Zheravna is a village and architectural reserve in the eastern Balkan Mountains, near Kotel. It has more than 200 wooden houses of the 18th and 19th centuries, with wide eaves and stone walls, along cobbled lanes.

The writer Yordan Yovkov was born here in 1880, and his house is a museum. The village also keeps the Rusi Chorbadzhi House and an icon museum, and hosts a national festival of folk costume each summer.

What to see

  • Architectural reserve
  • Yordan Yovkov House Museum

Zheravna Architectural Reserve and Yordan Yovkov House on the map

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  1. 1 Kotel: Rakovski Pantheon, Revival Figures Museum and Natural History Museum National Tourist Site
  2. 2 Zheravna Architectural Reserve and Yordan Yovkov House National Tourist Site
  3. 3 Dimitar Dobrovich Art Gallery, Sliven National Tourist Site
  4. 4 Hadzhi Dimitar House Museum and Textile Industry Museum, Sliven National Tourist Site
  5. 5 Sliven Way of Life Museum and Tuida Fortress National Tourist Site
  6. 6 Karanovo Mound and Nova Zagora History Museum National Tourist Site

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Companies in Sliven Province

33 companies listed in the province, featured members first.

Alpo Ltd.

Doors and Windows

Sliven

Alpo Ltd. manufactures a variety of aluminum and PVC panels for interior and exterior doors, providing reliable noise and thermo insulation. Production takes pl...

ANTONIY

Food Ingredients and Additives

Sliven

The ANTONIY company was established in 1990 and the same year it started importing from the neighbouring Turkey. Since then the company has built a distribution...

ArtTech Ltd.

Electrical Engineering

Sliven

More than 10 years ArtTech Ltd. develops, produces and supports industrial motor drives. Underlying directionsin our activities are: -development and production...

ASMB Ltd.

Electronics and Electrical Equipment

Sliven

ASMB Ltd. was created with the aim of providing consultation service in the field of test and measurement equipment as well as supply of such instruments and sy...

Astra Paging Ltd.

Shipping and Ports

Sliven

Astra Paging Ltd. was established in 1997 in the town of Sliven, Bulgaria, as a private limited liability company, specialized in the provision of telecommunica...

Atlas Electronics Ltd.

IT, Software and Telecom

Sliven

ATLAS ELECTRONICS LTD established in 1997 with a field of activity - information technologies. Products: Through a close cooperation with the leading Bulgaria...