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Museum of Woodcarving and Icon Painting, Tryavna
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National Tourist Site

Museum of Woodcarving and Icon Painting, Tryavna

Ten museum buildings presenting the Tryavna school of woodcarving and icon painting.

National Tourist Site

About Museum of Woodcarving and Icon Painting, Tryavna

The Specialised Museum of Woodcarving and Icon Painting brings together ten museum sites in Tryavna and opened under this name in 1963. It presents the Tryavna school, whose carvers and icon painters decorated churches and houses across the Bulgarian lands in the 18th and 19th centuries.

The main display is in the old school on the central square, beside the clock tower; carved ceilings can also be seen in the Daskalov House.

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  1. 1 Hadzhistoyanovo School and Hotalich Fortress, Sevlievo National Tourist Site
  2. 2 Kolyu Ficheto Museum, Dryanovo National Tourist Site
  3. 3 Dryanovo Monastery and Bacho Kiro Cave National Tourist Site
  4. 4 Bozhentsi Architectural Reserve National Tourist Site
  5. 5 Gabrovo Regional History Museum and Dechkova House National Tourist Site
  6. 6 Museum of Woodcarving and Icon Painting, Tryavna National Tourist Site
  7. 7 Etar Open-Air Ethnographic Museum National Tourist Site
  8. 8 Museum of Education, House of Humour and Uzana National Tourist Site

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