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Etropole: History Museum, Clock Tower and Holy Trinity Monastery
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National Tourist Site

Etropole: History Museum, Clock Tower and Holy Trinity Monastery

One of Bulgaria's oldest clock towers and a monastery that was a centre of book writing.

National Tourist Site

About Etropole: History Museum, Clock Tower and Holy Trinity Monastery

The Etropole Monastery of the Holy Trinity, also called Varovitets, was founded in the 12th or 13th century. From the 16th to the 18th century its scriptorium made it the leading literary centre of northern Bulgaria under Ottoman rule.

The clock tower in Etropole was built in 1710 as a defence tower and became a clock tower in 1821; it is 20 metres high and still keeps time. The History Museum, with its branch in the Arnaudova House, presents the town's heritage.

What to see

  • History Museum
  • Clock tower
  • Holy Trinity Monastery

Etropole: History Museum, Clock Tower and Holy Trinity Monastery on the map

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  1. 1 Seven Altars Monastery National Tourist Site
  2. 2 Ossuary of Hristo Botev's Band, Skravena National Tourist Site
  3. 3 Botevgrad Clock Tower and History Museum National Tourist Site
  4. 4 First Soldiers' Monument, Aldomirovtsi National Tourist Site
  5. 5 Etropole: History Museum, Clock Tower and Holy Trinity Monastery National Tourist Site
  6. 6 Elin Pelin House Museum, Baylovo National Tourist Site
  7. 7 Koprivshtitsa Architectural and Historical Reserve National Tourist Site
  8. 8 Trajan's Gate, Stenos Fortress and Kostenets Waterfall National Tourist Site
  9. 9 Tsari Mali Grad Museum Complex National Tourist Site
  10. 10 Samokov History Museum and Convent National Tourist Site
  11. 11 Musala Peak National Tourist Site

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